Transmission efficiency of two flea species (Oropsylla tuberculata cynomuris and Oropsylla hirsuta) involved in plague epizootics among prairie dogs

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Wilder, Aryn P ^a,b   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^a   Montenieri, John A ^a   Tripp, Daniel W ^b   Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^c   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Antolin, Michael F ^b  

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

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flea; Insecticidal dusting; Plague; Prairie dog; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; OROPSYLLA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 51749100383     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0165-1     Document Type: Article

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