A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...

A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body ... still extensive debate on the subject of exactly how the bacterium infected individuals, it appears to have involved ...

The Black Death, a mix of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plague, wiped out 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century ...

This was caused by a bacteria, Yersinia pestis, that first hit Europe in the 1340s. People still disagree over where it came from, but the most common theory is that it first emerged in Asia ...

A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The ...

Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals ...

A recent health reporting error in the UK sparked fears of a bubonic plague resurgence, reminiscent of the 'Black Death' that ...

The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis ... or pus from swollen lymph nodes to look for the Y. pestis bacteria. If you test positive for bubonic plague ...

Genetic testing of people who died in Kyrgyzstan eight years before plague reached Europe reveals an ancient strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains in ...

pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.