[Methods of diagnosis and differentiation of plague pathogen: approaches to detection of atypical strains of Yersinia pestis by molecular biology. Part I]

Abstract

A review of data on the modern methods of detection of typical and atypical strains of the plague agent Y. pestis is given. The history of the development of the molecular-biological tests for the differentiation of Y. pestis from the related microorganisms is presented. The problems facing investigators during the development of these tests are discussed.