"Yersinia pestis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.
| Descriptor ID |
D015010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.900.600 B03.660.250.150.950.580
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Yersinia pestis" by people in Profiles.
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Identification of New Virulence Factors and Vaccine Candidates for Yersinia pestis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017; 7:448.
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A Replication-Defective Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trivalent Vaccine Confers Complete Protection against Plague in Mice and Nonhuman Primates. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2016 07; 23(7):586-600.
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New Role for FDA-Approved Drugs in Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 06; 60(6):3717-29.
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Intramuscular Immunization of Mice with a Live-Attenuated Triple Mutant of Yersinia pestis CO92 Induces Robust Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity To Completely Protect Animals against Pneumonic Plague. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Dec; 22(12):1255-68.
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High-throughput, signature-tagged mutagenic approach to identify novel virulence factors of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of infection. Infect Immun. 2015 May; 83(5):2065-81.
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Combinational deletion of three membrane protein-encoding genes highly attenuates yersinia pestis while retaining immunogenicity in a mouse model of pneumonic plague. Infect Immun. 2015 Apr; 83(4):1318-38.
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Deletion of Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen-activating protease-encoding genes attenuates Yersinia pestis in mouse models of bubonic and pneumonic plague. Infect Immun. 2014 Jun; 82(6):2485-503.
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A sensitive & specific multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Burkholderia pseudomallei & Brucella species. Indian J Med Res. 2013; 138:111-6.
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Deletion of Braun lipoprotein gene (lpp) and curing of plasmid pPCP1 dramatically alter the virulence of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague. Microbiology (Reading). 2009 Oct; 155(Pt 10):3247-3259.
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Characterization of the rat pneumonic plague model: infection kinetics following aerosolization of Yersinia pestis CO92. Microbes Infect. 2009 Feb; 11(2):205-14.