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List of World Fauna Vertebrate Animals - Carriers of Plague Agent

https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2014-3-42-51

Abstract

Consequently to the long-term investigations conducted in natural and anthropourgic foci of plague, situated in Africa, Eurasia, North and South America, identified were not less than 340 species of mammals and birds infected with plague agent. The paper contains the list of plague agent carriers described, both in domestic and foreign publications.

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A. A. Sludsky
Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe”
Russian Federation


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Sludsky A.A. List of World Fauna Vertebrate Animals - Carriers of Plague Agent. Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections. 2014;(3):42-51. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21055/0370-1069-2014-3-42-51

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