Estimation of vector infectivity rates for plague by means of a standard curve-based competitive polymerase chain reaction method to quantify Yersinia pestis in fleas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 562-569

  Joseph Hinnebusch, B ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^b   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLEA; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; NEGIBACTERIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 2642607894     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.562     Document Type: Article

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