Ongoing quiescence in the Borborema Plateau Plague focus (Paraiba, Brazil)
Abstract Plague is a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, whose cycle is based on a reservoir system composed of mammals and their fleas. Its transmission cycle presents long enzootic periods with undetected cases, sometimes misleading that the cycle is extinct. While surveillance activities in Brazi...
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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