Flea-Associated Bacterial Communities across an Environmental Transect in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda

The vast majority of human plague cases currently occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary route of transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is via flea bites. Non-pathogenic flea-associated bacteria may interact with Y. pestis within fleas and it is important to understand wh...

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Autores principales: Jones, Ryan Thomas, Borchert, Jeff, Eisen, Rebecca, MacMillan, Katherine, Boegler, Karen, Gage, Kenneth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4617453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141057

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4617453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141057

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