Dynamics of plague in a Gunnison's prairie dog colony complex from New Mexico

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 706-719

  Cully Jr , Jack F ^a,b   Barnes, Allan M ^c   Quan, Thomas J ^c   Maupin, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys gunnisoni; Epizootiology; Fleas; Interspecific transmission; Plague; Population dynamics; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLEA; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PLAGUE; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PEROMYSCUS; PLAGUE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031242873     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.706     Document Type: Article

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