a second suspected case was also investigated, and a level 3 alert was issued, in effect until the end of the year. It forbade hunting and eating of animals that could carry plague, and called on the public to report suspected cases. References External links Yersinia pestis. Virtual Museum of Bacteria. A list of variant strains and information on synonyms (and much more) is available through the NCBI taxonomy browser. CDC's Home page for Plague IDSA's resource page on Plague: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis, microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment Plague (Yersinia Pestis) Wyndham Lathem speaking on "From Mild to Murderous: How Yersinia pestis Evolved to Cause Pneumonic Plague." pestis Bacterial diseases Black Death Plague (disease) Bacteria described in 1896