Plasmid composition and virulence-associated factors of Yersinia pestis isolates from a plague outbreak at the Paraíba State, Brazil Composição plasmidial e fatores associados à virulência em cepas de Yersinia pestis de um surto de peste no Estado da Paraíba, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Nilma Cintra Leal, Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1989
• Subjects: Yersinia pestis; plasmids; virulence-associated factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; The ''Y''
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000500001; https://doaj.org/article/259076ff2e084026a941cc54e69a42f6

Pathogenic Yersinia pestis isolates were collected during a plague outbreak at the Paraiba State in 1986. The Y. pestis isolates were investigated for the presence of virulence-associated factors and plasmid content. All strains analysed were proficient in the expression of the VW and fraction 1 ant...