title: Pestoides F, a Yersinia pestis strain lacking plasminogen activator, is virulent by the aerosol route.
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5011, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Worsham
authors.forename: Chad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010930:Plague / Q000635:transmission*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000172:deficiency*; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D010960:Plasminogen Activators