A Role for Early-Phase Transmission in the Enzootic Maintenance of Plague
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, is enzootic in many parts of the world within wild rodent populations and is transmitted by different flea vectors. The ecology of plague is complex, with rodent hosts exhibiting varying susceptibilities to overt disease and their fleas exhibiting vary...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9754260/?tool=EBI |