Effects of low-temperature flea maintenance on the transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 468-478

  Williams, Shanna K ^a   Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a,b   Montenieri, John A ^a   Holmes, Jennifer L ^a   Vetter, Sara M ^a,c   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^a  

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

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Low temperature transmission; Oropsylla montana; Plague; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLEA; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TROPICS; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; FLEA INFESTATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

MUS; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE; PLAGUE; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84879981662     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1017     Document Type: Article

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