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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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| 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 |