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Factors affecting flea densities in prairie dog colonies: implications for the maintenance and spread of plague

Author(s):Eads, David A.
Date Issued:2014

Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations

Plague is a re-emerging, rodent-associated disease caused by the primarily flea-borne bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bacterium likely originated 1,500-20,000 years ago in Asia but has been transported by humans to multiple ...