title: A Deadly Path: Bacterial Spread During Bubonic Plague.
abstract: Yersinia pestis causes bubonic plague, a fulminant disease where host immune responses are abrogated. Recently developed in vivo models of plague have resulted in new ideas regarding bacterial spread in the body. Deciphering bacterial spread is key to understanding Y. pestis and the immune responses it encounters during infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, 125 Mason Farm Road, CB# 7290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Rodrigo J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, 125 Mason Farm Road, CB# 7290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, 120 Mason Farm Road, Genetic Medicine Building, CB# 7264, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: vlmiller@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Virginia L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010930:Plague / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014774:Virulence; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Yersinia pestis; bubonic plague; dissemination