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(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (同)contagion, transmission
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
a persistently annoying person (同)blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly
French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) (同)Alexandre Yersin, Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin

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A New Clade of African Body and Head Lice Infected by Bartonella quintana and Yersinia pestis-Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Drali R1, Shako JC1, Davoust B1, Diatta G1, Raoult D2.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.Am J Trop Med Hyg.2015 Sep 21. pii: 14-0686. [Epub ahead of print]
The human body louse is a known vector for the transmission of three serious diseases-specifically, epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana, and Borrelia recurrentis, respectively-that have killed millions of people. It is also suspecte
PMID 26392158

Role of the Yersinia YopJ protein in suppressing interleukin-8 secretion by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Spinner JL1, Hasenkrug AM1, Shannon JG1, Kobayashi SD2, Hinnebusch BJ3.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur.Microbes Infect.2015 Sep 8. pii: S1286-4579(15)00181-1. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.015. [Epub ahead of print]
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, in addition to their direct bactericidal activities, produce cytokines involved in the activation and regulation of the innate and adaptive immune response to infection. In this study we evaluated the cytokine response of human PMNs following incubation with the pathoge
PMID 26361732

Eisen RJ1, Dennis DT2, Gage KL3.
Journal of medical entomology.J Med Entomol.2015 Aug 19. pii: tjv128. [Epub ahead of print]
Early-phase transmission (EPT) of Yersinia pestis by unblocked fleas is a well-documented, replicable phenomenon with poorly defined mechanisms. We review evidence demonstrating EPT and current knowledge on its biological and biomechanical processes. We discuss the importance of EPT in the epizootic
PMID 26336267