The Role of Transition Metal Transporters for Iron, Zinc, Manganese, and Copper in the Pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis

The plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.  Infected rats carry the disease and pass it to fleas, the disease vector.  The bacteria grow in the fleas’ abdomen and are passed to humans through a flea bite.  There are three types of the plague; bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.  The bubonic plague has an early … Read more