Evidence of Yersinia pestis DNA from fleas in an endemic plague area of Zambia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hang'Ombe, Bernard M ^a   Nakamura, Ichiro ^b   Samui, Kenny L ^a   Kaile, Davy ^c   Mweene, Aaron S ^a   Kilonzo, Bukheti S ^d   Sawa, Hirofumi ^b   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^b   Wren, Brendan W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Namwala District Medical Officer ^*  (Zambia)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GERBILLINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84856104167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-72     Document Type: Article

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