title: [Genetic research on plague pathogen in plague control].
abstract: The results of molecular-genetic studies performed by Russian specialists in plague research are discussed. On their basis, new concepts concerning the factors determining virulence of the plague bacterium were formulated, and certain aspects of Yersinia taxonomy were clarified.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Anisimov
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kokushkin
mesh_terms: D005818:Genetic Engineering; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity
vernacular_title: Geneticheskie issledovaniia vozbuditelia chumy v praktike protivochymnoĭ raboty.