How the structural gene products of Yersinia pestis relate to virulence.

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Bubonic plague is the most devastating acute infectious disease known to man. The causative agent, Yersinia pestis, is now more firmly entrenched in sylvatic reservoirs throughout the world than at any time in the past. Consequently, the organism increasingly causes casual human disease and is readily available for use as a bioweapon. Recent attempts to understand the severe nature of plague have focused upon its...

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