Fast and simple detection of Yersinia pestis applicable to field investigation of plague foci.

Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus, has a rodent-flea-rodent life cycle but can also persist in the environment for various periods of time. There is now a convenient and effective test (F1-dipstick) for the rapid identification of Y. pestis from human patient or rodent samples, but this test cann...

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Main Authors: Stéphanie Simon, Christian Demeure, Patricia Lamourette, Sofia Filali, Marc Plaisance, Christophe Créminon, Hervé Volland, Elisabeth Carniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3558477?pdf=render