Plague Epizootic Dynamics in Chipmunk Fleas, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA, 2013–2015
| Title: | Plague Epizootic Dynamics in Chipmunk Fleas, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA, 2013–2015 |
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| Authors: | Talisin T. Hammond, Kelly A. Liebman, Robert Payne, Helen K. Pigage, Kerry A. Padgett |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 801-804 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | disease ecology, host–parasite, host–pathogen, Siphonaptera, Tamias speciosus, Yersinia pestis, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | We describe Yersinia pestis minimum infection prevalence in fleas collected from Tamias spp. chipmunks in the Sierra Nevadas (California, USA) during 2013–2015. Y. pestis–positive fleas were detected only in 2015 (year of plague epizootic), mostly in T. speciosus chipmunks at high-elevation sites. Plague surveillance should include testing vectors for Y. pestis. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-0733_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2604.190733 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/6f515f8d4bcf4cba96e52740df30da05 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6f515f8d4bcf4cba96e52740df30da05 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2604.190733 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |