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MeSH Heading: Yersinia pestis
Tree Number(s): B03.440.450.425.900.600; B03.660.250.150.950.580
Unique ID: D015010
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015010
Annotation: infection = PLAGUE
Scope Note: The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.
Entry Term(s): Bacillus pestis; Bacterium pestis; Pasteurella pestis; Pestisella pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis
Public MeSH Note: 76; was PASTEURELLA PESTIS 1963-75
Online Note: use YERSINIA PESTIS to search PASTEURELLA PESTIS 1966-75
History Note: 76; was PASTEURELLA PESTIS 1963-75
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/23
Revision Date: 2020/02/06

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0023097
Scope Note: The etiologic agent of PLAGUE in man, rats, ground squirrels, and other rodents.
Terms: Yersinia pestis Preferred Term
Term UI T043800
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1976); Bacillus pestis
Term UI T000968461
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pasteurella pestis
Term UI T043799
Date07/11/1975
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Bacterium pestis
Term UI T000968462
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis
Term UI T000968463
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pestisella pestis
Term UI T000968464
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Yersinia pestis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025