Persistence ofYersinia pestisin Soil Under Natural Conditions
Open Access
- 1 June 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (6), 941-943
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.080029
Abstract
As part of a fatal human plague case investigation, we showed that the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, can survive for at least 24 days in contaminated soil under natural conditions. These results have implications for defining plague foci, persistence, transmission, and bioremediation after a natural or intentional exposure to Y. pestis.Keywords
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