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Biovar-related differences apparent in the flea foregut colonization phenotype of distinct Yersinia pestis strains do not impact transmission efficiency

BACKGROUND: Yersinia pestis is the flea-transmitted etiological agent of bubonic plague. Sylvatic plague consists of complex tripartite interactions between diverse flea and wild rodent species, and pathogen strains. Transmission by flea bite occurs primarily by the Y. pestis biofilm-mediated foregu...

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Autores principales: Lemon, Athena, Sagawa, Janelle, Gravelle, Kameron, Vadyvaloo, Viveka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32611387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04207-x