Transcriptomic profiling of the digestive tract of the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, following blood...
Transcriptomic profiling of the digestive tract of the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, following blood feeding and infection with Yersinia pestis
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly lethal pathogen transmitted by the bite of infected fleas. Once ingested by a flea, Y. pestis establish a replicative niche in the gut and produce a biofilm that promotes foregut colonization and transmission. The rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis is an important vector to several zoonotic bacte...
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Transcriptomic profiling of the digestive tract of the rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, following blood feeding and infection with Yersinia pestis
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2451547156
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2451547156
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0008688
