Pharaonic Egypt and the origins of plague

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-275

  Panagiotakopulu, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis niloticus; Bubonic plague; Nile floods; Pharaonic Egypt; Rattus rattus; Urbanization; Xenopsylla cheopis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOODING; PALEOECOLOGY; PLAGUE; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ARVICANTHIS; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PULEX IRRITANS; PULICIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 1442265027     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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