1. [Dispersal of the flea Ctenophyllus hirticrus and spreading of plague epizooties in Gorny Altai].
- Author
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Korzun VM, Chipanin EV, Innokent'eva TI, Mikhaĭlov EP, Fomina LA, Sotnikova TV, and Denisov AV
- Subjects
- Animals, Disease Reservoirs classification, Disease Reservoirs microbiology, Disease Reservoirs parasitology, Disease Reservoirs statistics & numerical data, Lagomorpha classification, Lagomorpha microbiology, Plague prevention & control, Population Control statistics & numerical data, Population Surveillance, Siberia epidemiology, Time Factors, Disease Vectors classification, Ecosystem, Insect Vectors classification, Insect Vectors microbiology, Plague veterinary, Siphonaptera classification, Siphonaptera microbiology, Yersinia pestis isolation & purification
- Abstract
Gradual dispersion of an abundant flea species Ctenophyllus hirticrus specific to the Pallas's pika (the main plague carrier), is revealed in the Gorno-Altai natural plague focus on the territory, occupied by two populations of this lagomorph. Spreading of Yersinia pestis in these areas took place a short time later the rise of this ectoparasite's abundance. It is supposed that the colonization of these areas by C. hirticrus was one of the factors determined epizooties spreading within the focus and formation of new sites of stable Y. pestis preservation.
- Published
- 2007