Laboratory infection of the wild rodent, Sciurus alphonsei with Pasteurella pestis

The author studied the susceptibility of the wild rodent, Sciurus alphonsei (Sciuridae) from Brazil to Pasteurella pestis. Two strains of P. pestis isolated from wild rodents were used: one, P. EXU 19, was isolated from O. subflavus in the county of Em, Pernambuco (Brazil), and other, RANGEL, isolat...

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Main Author: Dalva A. de Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1968-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821968000400002&lng=en&tlng=en