Bubonic plague: A molecular genetic case history of the emergence of an infectious disease

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 645-652

  Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubonic plague; Emerging infectious disease; Evolution of virulence; Yersinia pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; REVIEW; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FLEAS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PLAGUE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030804161     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050148     Document Type: Review

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