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Yersinia Pestis

Yersinia Pestis. Jonathon Parker and Spencer Taylor Core 4-6 th Period May 12, 2009 . Who discovered it and where?. WHO: Alexandre Yersin discovered Yersinia Pestis. WHERE: Yersinia Pestis was discovered in Hong Kong in 1984. What disease does Yersinia Pestis cause?.

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Yersinia Pestis

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  1. Yersinia Pestis Jonathon Parker and Spencer Taylor Core 4-6th Period May 12, 2009

  2. Who discovered it and where? • WHO: Alexandre Yersin discovered Yersinia Pestis. • WHERE: Yersinia Pestis was discovered in Hong Kong in 1984.

  3. What disease does Yersinia Pestis cause? • Yersinia Pestis cause the plague

  4. What is the cure for Yersinia Pestis? • Streptomycin, tetracyclines, and chloramphenicol are effective antibiotics, as B-lactams are not effective. Without treatment, fatality rates are 100%

  5. Yersinia Pestis Case History • http://www.springerlink.com/content/tfk306uequ6mdp2w/

  6. Works Cited • http://www.springerlink.com/content/tfk306uequ6mdp2w/ • http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00639/en/images/yersinia_pestis.jpeg • http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Yersinia_pestis • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis • http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague • http://microbes.historique.net/pestis.html

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