Evidence of <it>Yersinia pestis </it>DNA from fleas in an endemic plague area of Zambia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Yersinia pestis </it>is a bacterium that causes plague which infects a variety of mammals throughout the world. The disease is usually transmitted among wild rodents through a flea vector. The sources and routes of tr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Research Notes |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/72 |