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Plague vaccine: recent progress and prospects
npj Vaccines, 2019 Three great plague pandemics, resulting in nearly 200 million deaths in human history and usage as a biowarfare agent, have made Yersinia pestis as one of the most virulent human pathogens.
Wei Sun, A. Singh
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[Protein phosphorylation in the causative agent of plague].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii, 1990 The phenomenon of the reversible phosphorylation of proteins has been discovered in Y. pestis cells. Eight proteins with a molecular weight of 30-80 kilodaltons have been found capable of phosphorylation. The intensity of phosphorylation has been found to be influenced by the temperature of cultivation and the composition of the incubation medium. This
B N, Mishan'kin, L A, Shevchenko
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Cybergeo, 2007 Since the introduction of plague in Madagascar by European settlers, research on the Madagascar epidemiologic cycle has been focusing upon the comprehension of the transmission process between the main host, rats, and the secondary one, humans, via a ...
Dominique Badariotti +2 more
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Deliberate release: Plague – A review
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2020 Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is considered one of the most likely pathogens to be used as a bioweapon. In humans, plague is a severe clinical infection that can rapidly progress with a high mortality despite antibiotic therapy ...
Issmaeel Ansari +2 more
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Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]
, 2010 Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these pathogens, >71% have wildlife origins.
Cutler, S.J. +2 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism, 2004 [PDF]
, 2004 Examines ten key indicators to evaluate state preparedness to respond to bioterrorist attacks and other public health emergencies.
Laura M. Segal +3 more
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Extreme empiricism: John Howard, poetry, and the thermometrics of reform [PDF]
, 2016 This essay examines an outpouring of printed poems and biographical publications in the 1780s and 1790s that sought to shape the public image of the celebrated prison reformer John Howard.
Cervantes, Gabriel, Porter, Dahlia
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Molecular-Genetic and Phenotypic Peculiarities of Plague Agent Strains Isolated in Vietnam
Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2017 Objective of the study is to investigate phenotypic and molecular-genetic features and perform whole genome sequencing of Y. pestis strains isolated in Vietnam. Materials and methods. Studied were phenotypic and genotypic peculiarities of 20 plague agent
L. M. Kukleva +10 more
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Sex differences in immune protection in mice conferred by heterologous vaccines for pneumonic plague
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackground Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague, which can manifest as bubonic, septicemic, and/or pneumonic disease. Plague is a severe and rapidly progressing illness that can only be successfully treated with antibiotics initiated early ...
Michael L. Davies +13 more
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Identification of the plague reservoir in an endemic area of Zambia [PDF]
, 2012 Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, is primarily a parasite of wild rodents that persists in permanent, discrete enzootic foci throughout the world.
Hang’ombe, Bernard M +8 more
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