Effects of temperature on the transmission of Yersinia Pestis by the flea, Xenopsylla Cheopis, in the late phase period

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a,b   Bearden, Scott W ^a   Holmes, Jennifer L ^a   Vetter, Sara M ^a,c   Montenieri, John A ^a   Williams, Shanna K ^a   Graham, Christine B ^a   Woods, Michael E ^a,d   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

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

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; flea borne transmission; temperature; Xenopsylla cheopis; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COLD; FEEDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE; XENOPSYLLA; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE; PLAGUE; XENOPSYLLA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 80053176138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-191     Document Type: Article

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