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Yersinia pestis and plague: an updated view on evolution, virulence determinants, immune subversion, vaccination, and diagnostics

Plague is a vector-borne disease caused by Yersinia pestis. Transmitted by fleas from rodent reservoirs, Y. pestis emerged <6000 years ago from an enteric bacterial ancestor through events of gene gain and genome reduction. It is a highly remarkable model for the understanding of pathogenic bacte...

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Autores principales: Demeure, Christian E., Dussurget, Olivier, Mas Fiol, Guillem, Le Guern, Anne-Sophie, Savin, Cyril, Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30940874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41435-019-0065-0