Browsing College of Veterinary Medicine (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Anderson, Deborah M., 1969-"
Now showing items 1-4 of 4
-
Characterization of the pigmentation locus in Yersinia pestis pathogenesis of pneumonic plague
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The extreme virulence of Yersinia pestis in all three forms of plague disease is attributed to its multiple virulence factors. Y. pestis pathogenesis ... -
Development of model systems for the vector-host-pathogen interface of bubonic plague
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Bubonic plague infections begin in the dermis when the pathogen is introduced by a flea during a routine blood feed. Several barriers separate Yersinia pestis from its replicative niche, including phagocytic cells in the ... -
Inflammatory and cardiac response to end-stage pneumonic plague
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Yersinia pestis is the etiologic agent of pneumonic plague, a devastating disease in humans characterized by acute bronchopneumonia that is frequently ... -
Yersinia pestis YopJ, YopT, and YopK coordinate programmed cell death and cytokine responses to promote pneumonic plague
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Yersinia pestis has been responsible for three major pandemics of plague, including the infamous Black Death that killed 250 million people in Europe. ...