Evaluation of the effect of host immune status on short-term yersinia pestis infection in fleas with implications for the enzootic host model for maintenance of Y. pestis during interepizootic periods

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1079-1086

  Graham, Christine B ^a   Woods, Michael E ^a   Vetter, Sara M ^a   Petersen, Jeannine M ^a   Montenieri, John A ^a   Holmes, Jennifer L ^a   Maes, Sarah E ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a  

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

Author keywords

enzootic; flea; plague; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; SIPHONAPTERA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84907372746     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME14080     Document Type: Article

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