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To: BillT

A black plaque might form on your teeth if you don’t brush and floss regularly but it won’t come from Y. Pestis.

The transmission vector is insect/animal and from contact with active buboes and body fluids of an infected person.

Dry bones centuries old, no. It is possible to extract Y. Pestis DNA from bones of medieval plague victims but not the bacterium itself.


15 posted on 03/31/2014 12:13:41 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: RJS1950

It is possible to extract Y. Pestis DNA from bones of medieval plague victims but not the bacterium itself.

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That is reassuring. Thanks for the info.


27 posted on 03/31/2014 2:10:48 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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