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==Etiology/Bacteriology==
==Etiology/Bacteriology==
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===Description===
===Description===
 
<i>Tannerella forsythia</i> is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that aids in the development of periodontal diseases.


==Pathogenesis==
==Pathogenesis==
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===Virulence factors===
===Virulence factors===
 
====Trypsin-like protease====
====Sialidase====
====BspA protein====
====alpha-D-glucosidase====
====hemagglutinin====
====apoptosis-inducing activity====


==Clinical features==
==Clinical features==

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Scanning electron microscope image of Clostridium difficile. From: Bioquell.com [2]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria | Phylum = Proteobacteria | Class = Gammaproteobacteria | Order = Enterobacteriales | Family = Enterobacteriaceae | Genus = Yersinia | species = Yersinia pestis

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Genome

Description

Tannerella forsythia is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that aids in the development of periodontal diseases.

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious dose, incubation, colonization

Epidemiology

From: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_distribution_of_plague_1998.PNG

United States

Worldwide

Virulence factors

Trypsin-like protease

Sialidase

BspA protein

alpha-D-glucosidase

hemagglutinin

apoptosis-inducing activity

Clinical features

Symptoms

Bubonic Plague

Septicemic Plague

Pneumonic Plague

Morbidity and Mortality

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Host Immune Response

Attack on Adaptive Immune Response

Host Immune Response

References

1. Gross L. How the plague bacillus and its transmission through fleas were discovered: reminiscences from my years at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995 15;92(17):7609-11.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Plague: Ecology and Transmission. [<http://www.cdc.gov/plague/transmission/>].

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