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Transit through the flea vector induces a pretransmission innate immunity resistance phenotype in Yersinia pestis.
PLoS pathogens - 26 Feb 2010
Vadyvaloo Viveka, Jarrett Clayton, Sturdevant Daniel E, Sebbane Florent, Hinnebusch B Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, is transmitted to mammals by infected fleas. Y. pestis exhibits a distinct life stage in the flea, where it grows in the form of a cohesive biofilm that promotes transmission. After transmission, the temperature shift to 37 degrees C induces many known virulence factors of Y. pestis that confer resistance to innate immunity. These factors are not produced in the...
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