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

• Principais autores: Guillain Mikaty (Autor), Héloïse Coullon (Autor), Laurence Fiette (Autor), Javier Pizarro-Cerdá (Autor), Elisabeth Carniel (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: 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...