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

BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis is a bacterium that causes plague which infects a variety of mammals throughout the world. The disease is usually transmitted among wild rodents through a flea vector. The sources and routes of transmission of plague are poorly researched in Africa, yet remains a concern...

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Autores principales: Hang'ombe, Bernard M, Nakamura, Ichiro, Samui, Kenny L, Kaile, Davy, Mweene, Aaron S, Kilonzo, Bukheti S, Sawa, Hirofumi, Sugimoto, Chihiro, Wren, Brendan W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22280795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-72

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