Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic
Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, can spread through human populations by multiple transmission pathways. Today, most human plague cases are bubonic, caused by spillover of infected fleas from rodent epizootics, or pneumonic, caused by inhalation of infectious droplets. However, little is known about the historical spread of plague i...
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Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5819418
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5819418
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1715640115
