Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the development times and survival of Synopsyllus fonquerniei and Xenopsylla cheopis, the flea vectors of plague in Madagascar

BACKGROUND: Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is found in Asia, the Americas but mainly in Africa, with the island of Madagascar reporting almost one third of human cases worldwide. In the highlands of Madagascar, plague is transmitted predominantly by two flea species which coexist on t...

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Autores principales: Kreppel, Katharina S., Telfer, Sandra, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Morse, Andy, Baylis, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26864070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1366-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26864070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1366-z

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