<named-content content-type="genus-species">Yersinia pestis</named-content> Subverts the Dermal Neutrophil Response in a Mouse Model of Bubonic Plague

ABSTRACT The majority of human Yersinia pestis infections result from introduction of bacteria into the skin by the bite of an infected flea. Once in the dermis, Y. pestis can evade the host’s innate immune response and subsequently disseminate to the draining lymph node (dLN). There, the pathogen r...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey G. Shannon, Aaron M. Hasenkrug, David W. Dorward, Vinod Nair, Aaron B. Carmody, B. Joseph Hinnebusch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-11-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00170-13