Yersinia pestis
Synonym(s): Y. pestis, plague bacillus
Introduction
Classification
Taxonomy
- Family: Enterobacteriaceae.
- Genus: Yersinia.
- Species: pestis.
Etymology
- Yersin - Swiss-born French bacteriologist.
- L: pestis - plague or contagious disease.
Distribution
- Endemic areas in Asia, Africa, North America (California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico) and South America.
Significance
- The cause of plague:
- Bubonic plague: lymphadenitis.
- Pneumonic plague: fulminating suppurative pneumonia and bacteremia.
- Sylvatic (rural) or urban.
- 'Zootic' plague: spread by animals, via fleas.
- 'Demic' plague: spread among humans.
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Diagnosis
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Pennisi M G, Egberink H, Hartmann K et al (2013) Yersinia pestis infection in cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management. J Feline Med Surg 15 (7), 582-584 PubMed.
- Eidson M, Thilsted J P & Rollag O J (1991) Clinical, clinicopathologic, and pathologic features of plague in cats: 119 cases (1977-1988). JAVMA 199 (9), 1191-1197 PubMed.
- Kaufmann A F, Mann J M, Gardiner T M et al (1981) Public health implications of plague in domestic cats. JAVMA 179 (9), 875-878 PubMed.
Other sources of information
- Macy D (2006) Plague. In: Infectious diseases of the Dog and Cat. Greene C (ed). 3rd edn. Elsevier, Inc.