Yersinia pestis

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type of pathogen

Gram negative bacillus

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reservoir

Tissues of rodents (ground squirrels, prairie dogs,rats); humans accidental hosts

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conditions caused

Bubonic, pneumonic & septicemic plague (acute febrile illnesses)

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portal of entry/transmission

Compromised skin via flea bite for bubonic, inhalation for pneumonic, septicemic arises from bubonic or pneumonic

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virulence factor

YOPS: Yersinia’s outer membrane proteins: adherence, block phagocytosis (survivesin macrophages)

and to acquire iron

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treatment

tasted with antibiotics

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term

vectorborne – describes a pathogen that is spread between humans or from animalsto

humans through another living organism. Y. pestis is spread to humans via the rat flea.