The small yellow rods seen resting on these purple blades are Yersinia pestis bacteria – the cause of bubonic plague. This bacterial infection is mainly spread to humans by fleas but can also be ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. The cvirus Yersinia pestis, or the bubonic plague, is known ...

More than 700 years since the Black Death pandemic, scientists are developing a bubonic plague jab – but why? And should we ...

Although the bubonic plague is most often associated with its deadly impact on 14th century Europe, traces of Yersinia pestis have also been found in skeletons found in modern-day Russia dating as ...

Scientists have discovered the DNA of the bacterium Yersinia pestis in a mummy from Egypt dating back approximately 3,300 years, confirming the presence of the plague outside Eurasia. This ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed hundreds of millions and left a gruesome mark on history. The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe, led to the ...

Three of the world’s seven known pandemics have been caused by the plague, a bacterial infection triggered by the Yersinia pestis microbe. It can be treated with antibiotics but none of the ...

Now, a groundbreaking genomic study published in Nature introduces a chilling possibility: an ancient plague pandemic. Yersinia pestis – the bacterium behind the infamous Black Death – may ...

(Since 1970 the bacillus has been known as Yersinia pestis.) That the plague had an identifiable "germ" was known. But other recent findings had not been disseminated -- or believed. Most people ...

The plague is a bacterial infection caused by the Yersinia pestis microbe and can be treated with antibiotics, but there is currently no vaccine approved for use. The potential new vaccine is ...

the bubonic plague. Infamously dangerous to humans, the Yersinia pestis infection first rose to infamy when it caused widespread death and devastation across Europe. However, its presence on the ...