Describing fine spatiotemporal dynamics of rat fleas in an insular ecosystem enlightens abiotic drivers of murine typhus incidence in humans.

• Main Authors: Annelise Tran (Author), Gildas Le Minter (Author), Elsa Balleydier (Author), Anaïs Etheves (Author), Morgane Laval (Author), Floriane Boucher (Author), Vanina Guernier (Author), Erwan Lagadec (Author), Patrick Mavingui (Author), Eric Cardinale (Author), Pablo Tortosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Murine typhus is a flea-borne zoonotic disease that has been recently reported on Reunion Island, an oceanic volcanic island located in the Indian Ocean. Five years of survey implemented by the regional public health services have highlighted a strong temporal and spatial structure of the disease in...