Predictors for abundance of host flea and floor flea in households of villages with endemic commensal rodent plague, Yunnan Province, China.

• Main Authors: Jia-Xiang Yin (Author), Alan Geater (Author), Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong (Author), Xing-Qi Dong (Author), Chun-Hong Du (Author), You-Hong Zhong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: From 1990 to 2006, fifty-five natural villages experienced at least one plague epidemic in Lianghe County, Yunnan Province, China. This study is aimed to document flea abundance and identify predictors in households of villages with endemic commensal rodent plague in Lianghe County. METH...