1. Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States
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Bevins, Sarah N., Tracey, Jeff A., Franklin, Sam P., Schmit, Virginia L., MacMillan, Martha L., Gage, Kenneth L., Schriefer, Martin E., Logan, Kenneth A., Sweanor, Linda L., Alldredge, Mat W., Krumm, Caroline, Boyce, Walter M., Vickers, Winston, Riley, Seth P.D., Lyren, Lisa M., Boydston, Erin E., Fisher, Robert N., Roelke, Melody E., Salman, Mo, Crooks, Kevin R., and VandeWoude, Sue
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Infection -- Health aspects ,Plague -- Health aspects - Abstract
Zoonotic pathogens account for [approximately equal to] 60% of emerging diseases (1,2). Yersinia pestis, a vector-borne bacterium and the causative agent of plague in mammals, is 1 such emergent pathogen [...]
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- 2009
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