Poor vector competence of the human flea, Pulex irritans, to transmit Yersinia pestis

RT @bugbittentweets: Results in this paper by @AMiarinjara & colleagues affirm the reputation of P. irritans as a feeble vector compared to…

Results in this paper by @AMiarinjara & colleagues affirm the reputation of P. irritans as a feeble vector compared to rodent flea species, and its vector competence may be lower when infected by feeding on bacteremic human blood. 👇👇👇👇 Read more: http

Congratulations @AMiarinjara !

Very grateful for experimental groups working on human flea vector competence, like https://t.co/PtEsIGTyee. Does not look well for human2human plague transm. by P. irritans unless (as the authors indicate) flea burden is very high or P. irritans has sub