"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread ...

However, the discovery of the plague bacteria in RV 2039 complicates this history. RV 2039 did not live in a city. He lived as a relatively isolated hunter-gatherer, long before the emergence of ...

Whereas in bubonic plague Pla plays a key role in escape from the initial site of delivery in the dermis, pla mutants show a different phenotype when delivered intranasally. The bacteria are ...

Scientists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old ancestor of the Black Death in the remains of a Bronze Age sheep, shedding light ...

At present, scientists are trying to infect such resistant cells with bubonic plague bacteria to test the hypothesis that the mutation in the CCR-5 receptor gene could have thwarted the plague in ...

In 2011, researchers from McMasters University suggested that the strain that had caused the Black Death had died out. This latest finding could help researchers understand the evolution of plague ...

The small yellow rods seen resting on these purple blades are Yersinia pestis bacteria – the cause of bubonic plague. This bacterial infection is mainly spread to humans by fleas but can also be ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...

Plague is primarily a rodent disease which is ... "Because humans in the Middle Ages had no concept of microbes, we will never find bacteria mentioned in our written sources.

Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit, you can get it, too. You can even get it from a ...