Yersinia pestis

"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.

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The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.

Descriptor ID	D015010
MeSH Number(s)	B03.440.450.425.900.600 B03.660.250.150.950.580
Concept/Terms	Yersinia pestis Yersinia pestis Pasteurella pestis

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Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Gram-Negative Bacteria [B03.440]
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods [B03.440.450]
Enterobacteriaceae [B03.440.450.425]
Yersinia [B03.440.450.425.900]
Yersinia pestis [B03.440.450.425.900.600]
Proteobacteria [B03.660]
Gammaproteobacteria [B03.660.250]
Enterobacteriaceae [B03.660.250.150]
Yersinia [B03.660.250.150.950]
Yersinia pestis [B03.660.250.150.950.580]

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1999	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	2	2	4
2009	1	0	1
2010	3	0	3
2011	3	0	3
2012	5	0	5
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	2	0	2
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

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Vogler AJ, Andrianaivoarimanana V, Telfer S, Hall CM, Sahl JW, Hepp CM, Centner H, Andersen G, Birdsell DN, Rahalison L, Nottingham R, Keim P, Wagner DM, Rajerison M. Temporal phylogeography of Yersinia pestis in Madagascar: Insights into the long-term maintenance of plague. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Sep; 11(9):e0005887.

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Andersson JA, Fitts EC, Kirtley ML, Ponnusamy D, Peniche AG, Dann SM, Motin VL, Chauhan S, Rosenzweig JA, Sha J, Chopra AK. New Role for FDA-Approved Drugs in Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 06; 60(6):3717-29.

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Pechous RD, Sivaraman V, Stasulli NM, Goldman WE. Pneumonic Plague: The Darker Side of Yersinia pestis. Trends Microbiol. 2016 Mar; 24(3):190-197.

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Sivaraman V, Pechous RD, Stasulli NM, Eichelberger KR, Miao EA, Goldman WE. Yersinia pestis activates both IL-1ß and IL-1 receptor antagonist to modulate lung inflammation during pneumonic plague. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Mar; 11(3):e1004688.

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Wagner DM, Klunk J, Harbeck M, Devault A, Waglechner N, Sahl JW, Enk J, Birdsell DN, Kuch M, Lumibao C, Poinar D, Pearson T, Fourment M, Golding B, Riehm JM, Earn DJ, Dewitte S, Rouillard JM, Grupe G, Wiechmann I, Bliska JB, Keim PS, Scholz HC, Holmes EC, Poinar H. Yersinia pestis and the plague of Justinian 541-543 AD: a genomic analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Apr; 14(4):319-26.

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Pechous RD, Sivaraman V, Price PA, Stasulli NM, Goldman WE. Early host cell targets of Yersinia pestis during primary pneumonic plague. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(10):e1003679.

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Lawal A, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Erova TE, Kozlova EV, Sha J, Chopra AK, Rosenzweig JA. The effects of modeled microgravity on growth kinetics, antibiotic susceptibility, cold growth, and the virulence potential of a Yersinia pestis ymoA-deficient mutant and its isogenic parental strain. Astrobiology. 2013 Sep; 13(9):821-32.

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Sha J, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Wang S, Erova TE, Kozlova EV, Cao A, Cong Y, Fitts EC, Rosenzweig JA, Chopra AK. Deletion of the Braun lipoprotein-encoding gene and altering the function of lipopolysaccharide attenuate the plague bacterium. Infect Immun. 2013 Mar; 81(3):815-28.

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Erova TE, Rosenzweig JA, Sha J, Suarez G, Sierra JC, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Telepnev MV, Motin VL, Chopra AK. Evaluation of protective potential of Yersinia pestis outer membrane protein antigens as possible candidates for a new-generation recombinant plague vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Feb; 20(2):227-38.

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Sha J, Rosenzweig JA, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Fitts EC, Kozlova EV, Erova TE, Tiner BL, Chopra AK. A non-invasive in vivo imaging system to study dissemination of bioluminescent Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague. Microb Pathog. 2013 Feb; 55:39-50.

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