A Deadly Path: Bacterial Spread During Bubonic Plague. Issue 4 (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gonzalez, Rodrigo J.; Miller, Virginia L.
• Is Part Of: Trends in microbiology. Volume 24:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 239
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: Yersinia pestis -- bubonic plague -- dissemination; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Virulence (Microbiology) -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Virulence -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Infection -- Périodiques; Virulence (Microbiologie) -- Périodiques; Infection; Microbiology; Virulence (Microbiology); 579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.01.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-842X

Abstract

Abstract : Yersinia pestis causes bubonic plague, a fulminant disease where host immune responses are abrogated. Recently developed in vivo models of plague have resulted in new ideas regarding bacterial spread in the body. Deciphering bacterial spread is key to understanding Y. pestis and the immune responses it encounters during infection.