Yersinia pestis from natural foci

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2003, Pages 313-316

  Kutyrev, Vladimir V ^a   Protsenko, Ol'ga A ^a   Smirnov, George B ^b   Boolgakova, Elena ^a   Kukleva, Lubov M ^a   Zudina, Irina V ^a   Vidyaeva, Nadezhda A ^a   Koozmichenko, Inna ^a  

^a RUSSIAN RESEARCH ANTI PLAGUE INSTITUTE MICROBE   (Russian Federation)

^b GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0037792849     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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