Yersinia pestis Survival and Replication in Potential Ameba Reservoir

Yersinia pestis Survival and Replication in Potential Ameba Reservoir

Plague ecology is characterized by sporadic epizootics, then periods of dormancy. Building evidence suggests environmentally ubiquitous amebae act as feral macrophages and hosts to many intracellular pathogens. We conducted environmental genetic surveys and laboratory co-culture infection experiment...

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Main Authors: David W. Markman, Michael F. Antolin, Richard A. Bowen, William H. Wheat, Michael Woods, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mary Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Plague
Yersinia pestis
coccobacillus
epizootic
feral macrophage
disease reservoir
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/2/17-1065_article

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