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Classic flea-borne transmission does not drive plague epizootics in prairie dogs

We lack a clear understanding of the enzootic maintenance of the bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that causes plague and the sporadic epizootics that occur in its natural rodent hosts. A key to elucidating these epidemiological dynamics is determining the dominant transmission routes of plague. Plague ca...

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Main Authors: Webb, Colleen T., Brooks, Christopher P., Gage, Kenneth L., Antolin, Michael F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1434514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16603630
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0510090103
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