Perspectives on Yersinia pestis: A model for studying zoonotic pathogens

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 918, Issue , 2016, Pages 377-391

  Yang, Ruifu ^a   Cui, Yujun ^a   Bi, Yujing ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Host vector environment pathogen; Interactions; Pathogenesis, evolution; Y. pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST VECTOR ENVIRONMENT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84991327492     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0890-4_14     Document Type: Chapter

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