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The mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, revealed traces of Yersinia pestis DNA, the bacterium responsible for the bubonic plague, indicating that the individual suffered horrific ...

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

A 3D illustration of the Yersinia pestis bacteria responsible for the plague Credit: Roger Harris/Science Photo Library Plague is spread by fleas which transmit the bacteria from the rodents that ...

Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis), a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world. People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea ...

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 planet is much more ...

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 ...

Both types of plague are caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Bites from infected fleas are the most common cause of bubonic plague infection, but the pneumonic variant - where the bacterium ...