Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1967 · 15 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineBiologyInfectious DiseasesMedical EntomologyParasitologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyDisease EcologyFlea BiologyFlea InfestationsFlea-borne DiseasesInsect Disease EcologyAcute Infection PrevalenceClinical Signs Of InfestationDisease Transmission EcologyPlague Transmission By Fleas
Pasteurella pestis was isolated from 7 Suncus murinus spleen pools and 3 flea pools obtained from it. Lesions indicating an acute infection were not observed in any of the 1,757 animals examined. When pooled sera were examined, 15 of 55 pools had titers of 1:16-1:256 against fraction I of P. pestis.