The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, spread across Europe in the 14th century, wiping out as many as 50 million ...
Researchers found the first evidence of the bubonic plague outside of Europe and Asia in an Egyptian mummy housed in Turin, ...
Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...
Samples of 'The Black Death', which wiped out 50 million people in medieval times, were found in an Egyptian mummy ...
Suspected or confirmed cases of Norovirus and Yersinia will soon have to be reported to government health officials by laboratories in England. The move ...
A descendant of that strain is blamed for the third pandemic, known as the Modern Plague, which originated in 1855 in China ...
Virulence of Yersinia has been studied in my laboratory since 1980 and the approach has been to use the tools of modern molecular biology and genetics to elucidate the selected aspects of it.