Transmission of Yersinia pestis cultures with different plasmid content from Xenopsylla cheopis to Calomys callosus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-162

  De Almeida, A M P ^a   Alves, L C ^a   Amaral, R L G ^a   Franca W G B ^a   Leal, N C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGY; BITE; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA BINDING; FLEA; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOMYS; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0037323329     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0731-3     Document Type: Article

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