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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › did-body-liceDid Body Lice Spread Bubonic Plague? Research Suggests the ...

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   May 23, 2024 · Still, because the study was conducted in a lab, it might not be a perfect comparison for how body lice may transmit Y. pestis in the real world, among real humans. But, even so, the findings ...

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3. www.cdc.gov › plagueAbout Plague | Plague | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and ...

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   May 15, 2024 · Plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals. It is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Humans usually become infected through the bite of an infected rodent flea or by handling an infected animal. Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious illness or death. Plague is infamous ...

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   6 days ago · Plague. Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a disease that affects humans and other mammals. People typically get infected after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the bacterium or by handling a plague-infected animal. Although the disease killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages, antibiotics effectively ...

5. www.cdc.gov › plague › maps-statisticsMaps and Statistics | Plague | CDC

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   May 15, 2024 · In recent decades, an average of seven human plague cases have been reported each year (range: 0–17 cases per year). Plague has occurred in people of all ages (infants up to age 96), though 50% of cases occur in people ages 12–45. It occurs in both men and women, though historically is slightly more common among men, probably because of ...

6. www.npr.org › sections › goats-and-sodaBubonic plague spreaders may have been lice as well as fleas ...

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   Jun 3, 2024 · Infectious Disease. Don't just blame rat fleas. Lice may have helped spread 'black death' plague. A fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection — that's the cause of ...

7. www.cdc.gov › plague › hcpGuidance for Responding to a Plague Bioterrorism Event ...

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   May 15, 2024 · Overview. Although the threat of a bioterrorist attack using Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is unlikely, there are examples throughout history of Y. pestis being used as a bioweapon. If such an emergency were to occur in the United States, CDC and other federal agencies would work closely with state and local partners to ...

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   What is Yersinia pestis?

   • Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly lethal vector-borne pathogen responsible for killing large portions of Europe’s population during the Black Death of the Middle Ages. In the wild, Y. pestis cycles between fleas and rodents; occasionally spilling over into humans bitten by infectious fleas.

   Yersinia pestis can infect the Pawlowsky glands of human

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   How is Yersinia pestis transmitted?

   • 54. Jarrett CO, Deak E, Isherwood KE, Oyston PC, Fischer ER, Whitney AR, et al. Transmission of Yersinia pestis from an infectious biofilm in the flea vector. J Infect Dis. 2004;190:783–792. Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, uses fleas and rodents as vectors for transmission.

   Yersinia pestis can infect the Pawlowsky glands of human

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   Is Yersinia pestis a clone of yersina pseudotuberculosis?

   • Achtman M, Zurth K, Morelli G, Torrea G, Guiyoule A, Carniel E. Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999;96:14043–14048. 41. Cui Y, Yu C, Yan Y, Li D, Li Y, Jombart T, et al. Historical variations in mutation rate in an epidemic pathogen. Yersinia pestis.

   Yersinia pestis can infect the Pawlowsky glands of human

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   Can Yersinia spp infect body louse PGS?

   • Notably, only Yersinia spp. (and not E. coli) were capable of infecting the body louse PGs. Furthermore, E. coli DH5α was never transmitted by lice to the blood reservoir ( S2D and S2F Fig ). In contrast, all of the Y. pestis strains tested had roughly equivalent rates of PG infection and routinely transmitted plague bacilli ( S2D and S2F Fig ).

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   May 21, 2024 · S2 Fig. Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, but not Escherichia coli, can colonize the Pawlowsky glands and be transmitted by body lice. (A) The infection rate and (B) bacterial burden for groups of body lice fed on blood containing 4.2–8.5 × 10 8 CFU/ml of (1) Y. pestis: KIM6+, KIM6+ymtH188N, KIM6+ΔhmsH, CO92 (pCD1); (2) E.