A refined model of how Yersinia pestis produces a transmissible infection in its flea vector

In flea-borne plague, blockage of the flea's foregut by Yersinia pestis hastens transmission to the mammalian host. Based on microscopy observations, we first suggest that flea blockage results from primary infection of the foregut and not from midgut colonization. In this model, flea infection...

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Autores principales: Dewitte, Amélie, Bouvenot, Typhanie, Pierre, François, Ricard, Isabelle, Pradel, Elizabeth, Barois, Nicolas, Hujeux, Anaïs, Bontemps-Gallo, Sébastien, Sebbane, Florent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008440

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008440

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