Plague studies in California: A review of long-term disease activity, flea-host relationships and plague ecology in the coniferous forests of the southern cascades and northern sierra nevada mountains

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Smith, Charles R ^a   Tucker, James R ^b   Wilson, Barbara A ^b   Clover, James R ^b  

^a California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic disease patterns; Geographical foci; Persistence; Plague activity; Sentinel species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CERATOPHYLLUS; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS; TAMIAS SENEX; TAMIASCIURUS DOUGLASII; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77952082020     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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