An encapsulated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a highly efficient vaccine against pneumonic plague.

• Main Authors: Anne Derbise (Author), Alba Cerdà Marín (Author), Patrick Ave (Author), Thierry Blisnick (Author), Michel Huerre (Author), Elisabeth Carniel (Author), Christian E Demeure (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Plague is still a public health problem in the world and is re-emerging, but no efficient vaccine is available. We previously reported that oral inoculation of a live attenuated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, the recent ancestor of Yersinia pestis, provided protection against bubonic plagu...