Quantities of Yersinia pestis in fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae, and Hystrichopsyllidae) collected from areas of known or suspected plague activity

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 422-426

  Engelthaler, David M ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fleas; Quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040521993     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/37.3.422     Document Type: Article

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