Article
Intraspecific diversity of Yersinia pestis.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Apr 2004
Anisimov Andrey P, Lindler Luther E, Pier Gerald B
Abstract excerpt
Increased interest in the pathogenic potential of Yersinia pestis has emerged because of the potential threats from bioterrorism. Pathogenic potential is based on genetic factors present in a population of microbes, yet most studies evaluating the role of specific genes in virulence have used a limited number of strains. For Y. pestis this issue is complicated by the fact that most strains available for study in...
Topics
- Americas
- Animals
- Asia, Central
- Europe, Eastern
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Plague
- Plague Vaccine
- Virulence
- Yersinia pestis
