The invasive pathogen Yersinia pestis disrupts host blood vasculature to spread and provoke hemorrhages.

• Main Authors: Guillain Mikaty (Author), Héloïse Coullon (Author), Laurence Fiette (Author), Javier Pizarro-Cerdá (Author), Elisabeth Carniel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Yersinia pestis is a powerful pathogen with a rare invasive capacity. After a flea bite, the plague bacillus can reach the bloodstream in a matter of days giving way to invade the whole organism reaching all organs and provoking disseminated hemorrhages. However, the mechanisms used by this bacteriu...