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Comparison of the transmission efficiency and plague progression dynamics associated with two mechanisms by which fleas transmit Yersinia pestis

Yersinia pestis can be transmitted by fleas during the first week after an infectious blood meal, termed early-phase or mass transmission, and again after Y. pestis forms a cohesive biofilm in the flea foregut that blocks normal blood feeding. We compared the transmission efficiency and the progress...

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Autores principales: Bosio, Christopher F., Jarrett, Clayton O., Scott, Dana P., Fintzi, Jonathan, Hinnebusch, B. Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7746306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33284863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009092