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A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body during pneumonic plague.

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Figure 1: Pla bubonic and pneumonic plague.

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The authors have previously been involved in a research program to devise a vaccine against plague (Williamson, E.D. et al. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 12, 223–230; 1995).

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Titball, R., Oyston, P. A plague upon fibrin. Nat Med 13, 253–254 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0307-253

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