New Genotype of Yersinia pestis Found in Live Rodents in Yunnan Province, China

New Genotype of Yersinia pestis Found in Live Rodents in Yunnan Province, China

Yunnan Province, China is thought to be the original source of biovar Orientalis of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the third plague pandemic that has spread globally since the end of the 19th century. Although encompassing a large area of natural plague foci, Y. pestis strains have rarely b...

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Main Authors: Liyuan Shi, Jingliang Qin, Hongyuan Zheng, Ying Guo, Haipeng Zhang, Youhong Zhong, Chao Yang, Shanshan Dong, Fengyi Yang, Yarong Wu, Guangyu Zhao, Yajun Song, Ruifu Yang, Peng Wang, Yujun Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Yersinia pestis
pathogenicity
low virulence
iron content
live rodent
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.628335/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.628335/full

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