Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

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The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer ...

The bubonic plague wiped out tens of millions of people ... in many parts of the world including the USA, parts of South America, Africa, Asia.” “One key hotspot is Madagascar,” Atkinson ...

Despite advancements in medical science, bubonic plague persists in pockets worldwide, with sporadic outbreaks occurring in Africa, Asia, South America, and North America. In the United States ...

The bubonic plague still pops up in Asia, South America, and Africa, mainly in rural areas. The deadly disease is also popping up in the United States. The American West is turning into a hotspot ...

The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that likely arrived in North America circa 1900 from rats that had stowed away aboard steamships coming from Southeast Asia.

The Black Death remains the single deadliest pandemic in recorded human history. The post Single gene evolution helped Black ...

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It's a disease we associate with medieval times, when it was known as the "Black Death", but fears are growing that an outbreak of bubonic plague could be the next global pandemic. With that fear ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...