Intraspecific Diversity of Yersinia pestis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 434-464

  Anisimov, Andrey P ^a   Lindler, Luther E ^b   Pier, Gerald B ^c  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHINA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; USSR; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ASIA, CENTRAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 2042522696     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.17.2.434-464.2004     Document Type: Review

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