Range-wide determinants of plague distribution in North America

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 736-742

  Maher, Sean P ^a,b   Ellis, Christine ^b,c   Gage, Kenneth L ^b,d   Enscore, Russell E ^b,d   Peterson, A Townsend ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Genesis Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; CRICETIDAE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; LAGOMORPH; MURIDAE; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIURIDAE; SQUIRREL; YERSINIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; FLEA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953052951     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0042     Document Type: Article

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