It is now known that the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis has been present in Central and Northern Europe for more than 5,000 ...

Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a zoonotic disease that poses significant public health risks, particularly in regions where it is endemic. Understanding the ecology of plague ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed hundreds of millions and left a gruesome mark on history. The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe, led to the ...

Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists. From 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague are reported each year globally, 10 to 15 of them in the western United ...

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

Consult a medical professional for advice. Source: Focus Medica. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas. This causes fever, headache and fatigue.

Cause of London Great Plague confirmed Plague traced back to Bronze Age The plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, was responsible for several major historic pandemics, including the infamous Black ...

A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body ... still extensive debate on the subject of exactly how the bacterium infected individuals, it appears to have involved ...

This was caused by a bacteria, Yersinia pestis, that first hit Europe in the 1340s. People still disagree over where it came from, but the most common theory is that it first emerged in Asia ...

pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.

LONDON Several teams of scientists around the world have, for some time, been studying the possibility that a genetic mutation perpetuated by the organism responsible for bubonic plague, or the Black ...

A 3D illustration of the Yersinia pestis bacteria responsible for the plague Credit: Roger Harris/Science Photo Library Plague is spread by fleas which transmit the bacteria from the rodents that ...