The recent emergence of plague: A process of felonious evolution

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Brubaker, R R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EVOLUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; NEMATODA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3042741133     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1022-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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