Experimental infection of ground squirrels (Citellus pygmaeus Pallas) with Yersinia pestis during hibernation

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-203

  Bižanov, Gazim ^a   Dobrokhotova, Nina D ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Anti Plague Station   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Challenge; Ground squirrels (Citellus pygmaeus Pallas); Hibernation; Latent infection; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BONE; BRAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPLEEN; SQUIRREL; TISSUE NECROSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLEAS; GUINEA PIGS; HIBERNATION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33846325880     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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