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Mar 4, 2024 · Plague is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Most people know it as the microbe behind the “Black Death,” which wiped out at least a third of Europe’s population in the 14th ...
Apr 3, 2019 · The etiological agent of plague is the Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis , ... Gonzalez-Juarrero M, et al. Yersinia pestis survival and replication in potential ameba reservoir. Emerg Infect ...
- Christian E. Demeure, Olivier Dussurget, Olivier Dussurget, Guillem Mas Fiol, Guillem Mas Fiol, Anne...
- 2019
Wild and domesticated birds and mammals (often asymptomatic) are the reservoir of Yersinia. Pigs are the principal reservoir for Y. enterocolitica, harboring it in the pharynx. Sick puppies and kittens have been found in association with human cases. Food and water can be contaminated with Yersinia from animals or their waste. Occurrence ...
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. [2]
Dec 9, 2020 · Microbiology of Plague. Y. pestis is one of the three human-pathogenic Yersinia species, along with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica (). Y. pestis is a nonmotile, nonsporulated, aerobic Gram-negative bacillus or coccobacillus exhibiting a hairpin morphology after Gram staining and growing within 24 to 72 h at a temperature range of 4 to 40°C (optimum, 28 to 30°C) at pH ...
- R. Barbieri, M. Signoli, D. Chevé, C. Costedoat, S. Tzortzis, G. Aboudharam, D. Raoult, M. Drancourt
- 2020
Jul 7, 2022 · Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas. Humans can be infected through: the bite of infected vector fleas. unprotected contact with infectious bodily fluids or contaminated materials.
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May 17, 2023 · Adam C. Algar. Published: 17 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230021. Review history. Abstract. The distribution and transmission of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, responds dynamically to climate, both within wildlife reservoirs and human populations.
