Infectious blood source alters early foregut infection and regurgitative transmission of Yersinia pestis by rodent fleas

Comparative Ability of Oropsylla montana and Xenopsylla cheopis Fleas to Transmit Yersinia pestis by Two Different Mechanisms

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Infection Prevalence, Bacterial Loads, and Transmission Efficiency inOropsylla montana(Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) One Day After Exposure to Varying Concentrations ofYersinia pestisin Blood

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Transmission mechanisms of an emerging insect-borne rickettsial pathogen

(2016) Lisa D. Brown et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Feeding Behavior Modulates Biofilm-Mediated Transmission of Yersinia pestis by the Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis

(2016) David M. Bland et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Role of Early-Phase Transmission in the Spread ofYersinia pestis

(2015) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Transmission efficiency of the plague pathogen (Y. pestis) by the flea, Xenopsylla skrjabini, to mice and great gerbils

(2015) Yujiang Zhang et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Source of Host Blood Affects Prevalence of Infection and Bacterial Loads ofYersinia pestisin Fleas

(2015) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Retracing the Evolutionary Path that Led to Flea-Borne Transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2014) Yi-Cheng Sun et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Yersinia murine toxin is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) or Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

(2014) T. L. Johnson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Biofilm formation is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2010) S. M. Vetter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM