Protection Elicited by Attenuated Live <i>Yersinia pestis</i> Vaccine Strains against Lethal Infection with Virulent <i>Y. pestis</i>

Protection Elicited by Attenuated Live <i>Yersinia pestis</i> Vaccine Strains against Lethal Infection with Virulent <i>Y. pestis</i>

The etiologic agent of plague, <i>Yersinia pestis</i>, is a globally distributed pathogen which poses both a natural and adversarial threat. Due largely to the rapid course and high mortality of pneumonic plague, vaccines are greatly needed. Two-component protein vaccines have been unrel...

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Main Authors: Christopher K. Cote, Sergei S. Biryukov, Christopher P. Klimko, Jennifer L. Shoe, Melissa Hunter, Raysa Rosario-Acevedo, David P. Fetterer, Krishna L. Moody, Joshua R. Meyer, Nathaniel O. Rill, Jennifer L. Dankmeyer, Patricia L. Worsham, Joel A. Bozue, Susan L. Welkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
plague
<i>Yersinia pestis</i>
vaccine
mice
bubonic
pneumonic
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/2/161

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