- Pathogen:
- Yersinia pestis
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Serotyping used to detect the somatic (O) and flagellar (H) antigens, Molecular and PCR-based techniques for identification.
- Pathogen Information:
- Gram-negative rods and major pathogens of the Enterobacteriaceae family.
- Epidemiology:
- Wild rodents are important reservoirs. Y. pestis is more invasive than other Yersinia species and possesses additional virulence factors which aid in systemic spread.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Can cause both enteric and systemic disease, Bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic plague.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.