This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25-31 January 2015, and includes updates on botulism, influenza, measles, rubella, avian influenza, Ebola virus and polio.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 30 November - 6 December 2014, and includes updates on influenza, measles, chikungunya, Ebola virus, polio, MERS, plague and dengue.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 November 2014, and includes updates on influenza, avian influenza, rubella, measles, plague, polio, Ebola virus, MERS and Enterovirus D68.
Plague is caused by the bacillus Yersinia (Y.) pestis, belonging to the family of the Enterobacteriaceae. It evolved several thousand years ago from Y. pseudotuberculosis.
Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. Blood sucking fleas transmit the bacteria among animals, and various species of rodents can become infected.