Human plague: An old scourge that needs new answers.

• Main Authors: Xavier Vallès (Author), Nils Chr Stenseth (Author), Christian Demeure (Author), Peter Horby (Author), Paul S Mead (Author), Oswaldo Cabanillas (Author), Mahery Ratsitorahina (Author), Minoarisoa Rajerison (Author), Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana (Author), Beza Ramasindrazana (Author), Javier Pizarro-Cerda (Author), Holger C Scholz (Author), Romain Girod (Author), B Joseph Hinnebusch (Author), Ines Vigan-Womas (Author), Arnaud Fontanet (Author), David M Wagner (Author), Sandra Telfer (Author), Yazdan Yazdanpanah (Author), Pablo Tortosa (Author), Guia Carrara (Author), Jane Deuve (Author), Steven R Belmain (Author), Eric D'Ortenzio (Author), Laurence Baril (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Yersinia pestis, the bacterial causative agent of plague, remains an important threat to human health. Plague is a rodent-borne disease that has historically shown an outstanding ability to colonize and persist across different species, habitats, and environments while provoking sporadic cases, outb...