Population genetic structure of the prairie dog flea and plague vector, Oropsylla hirsuta

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^a   Martin, Andrew P ^a   Jones, Ryan T ^a   Collinge, Sharon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

disease ecology; dispersal; pathogen transmission; reservoir host; Siphonaptera; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT II;

ARTICLE; DOG; FLEA; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROPSYLLA HIRSUTA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLAGUE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; OROPSYLLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; PLAGUE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 79952276363     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001046     Document Type: Article

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