pestis was considered noninfectious, the patient had somehow contracted it, they confirmed. What makes the case unique: Before this case, this weakened strain of plague bacteria had never caused ...

The Black Plague is an illness caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. This microorganism can spread between animals and humans and is commonly present in small mammals and the fleas that live on them.

Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals and their fleas. The disease isn't something of the past as it has not ...

In fact, there have been three pandemics caused by the bacillus bacterium Yersinia Pestis. The first was in the 6th century. It devastated the Byzantine Empire and was known as The Plague of ...

The disease is spread by fleas." Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis, typically spread through flea bites or contact with infected animals. Symptoms include fever ...

Body lice that feed on human blood can carry the Yersinia pestis bacteria that cause plague. According to a new study, a lubricant secreted by the lice’s Pawlowsky glands helps in the spread of ...

In the US, it is now also carried by prairie dogs. Luckily, modern antibiotics can fight Yersinia pestis, which is the bacterium the plague is caused by, so there's no need to worry. It's crucial ...

The bacteria behind the plague, Yersinia pestis, has been intensively studied using ancient DNA, with almost 200 genomes reconstructed from traces found in human remains. Yet we know much less ...

Genetic testing of people who died in Kyrgyzstan eight years before plague reached Europe reveals an ancient strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains in ...

Reports of the infection—including one death this month—recently shook up social media. But, unlike COVID-19, plague is a disease that countries have more or less got under control. A series of rodent ...