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Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of bubonic plague, harbors a large virulence plasmid that is essential for pathogenicity.
This suggests the most conserved mutations are likely to be the causative agents of disease, and our data set identifies these mutations.
Using this Pvu II assay, the C598T change was detected in the unaffected father of the patient, making it unlikely that heterozygosity for the C598T change is the causative mutation in the myopathic proband.
2001) and, by directly altering reproductive patterns, may be a causative agent of host speciation (Bordenstein et al.
Laboratory investigation of the citywide increase in diarrheal activity indicated the rotavirus as the most likely causative agent.