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How One Gene Helped Plague Persistently Cause Pandemics

Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history. The bacterium that causes bubonic plague, known as Yersinia pestis can cause severe illness and death. Now reporting in Science, researchers have shown how one gene in the Yersinia pestis genome has enabled its survival over hundreds of years, with tweaks to virulence and deadliness.

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When a person has a persistent fever that cannot be explained, it is called fever of unknown origin (FUO), and it's estimated that globally, the causes of around half of all FUO cases are never determined. Scientists have now used many diagnostic tools to re-examine FUO cases in Sub-Saharan Africa to try to reveal more about the causes of these illnesses.

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LabrootsRevealing More About 'Fevers of Unknown Origin' | Clinical And Molecular DxThere are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection, autoimmune disease, or ... | Clinical And Molecular Dx