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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Main Authors: CAIO G. ZEPPELINI, ALZIRA M.P. DE ALMEIDA, PEDRO CORDEIRO-ESTRELA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000603007&lng=en&tlng=en