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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...
Autores principales: | Jones, Ryan Thomas, Borchert, Jeff, Eisen, Rebecca, MacMillan, Katherine, Boegler, Karen, Gage, Kenneth L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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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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