Scientists have discovered the DNA of the bacterium Yersinia pestis in a mummy from Egypt dating back approximately 3,300 ...

Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Samples of 'The Black Death', which wiped out 50 million people in medieval times, were found in an Egyptian mummy ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...

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.