Plague Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Plague, including details on bubonic plague, yersinia pestis, infection, types, treatment.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 5 (May)

1. Six medical papyri describe the effects of Santorini's volcanic ash, and provide Egyptian parallels to the so-called biblical plagues.
   Med Hypotheses, 67(1): 187-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Protection against bubonic and pneumonic plague with a single dose microencapsulated sub-unit vaccine.
   Vaccine, 24(20): 4433-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The ABC transporter protein OppA provides protection against experimental Yersinia pestis infection.
   Infect Immun, 74(6): 3687-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and nitric oxide synthase 2, key elements of cellular immunity, perform critical protective functions during humoral defense against lethal pulmonary Yersinia pestis infection.
   Infect Immun, 74(6): 3381-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Interaction of Yersinia pestis with macrophages: limitations in YopJ-dependent apoptosis.
   Infect Immun, 74(6): 3239-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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