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Effects of temperature on the transmission of Yersinia Pestis by the flea, Xenopsylla Cheopis, in the late phase period

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, September 2011
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Title
Effects of temperature on the transmission of Yersinia Pestis by the flea, Xenopsylla Cheopis, in the late phase period
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, September 2011
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-4-191
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Anna M Schotthoefer, Scott W Bearden, Jennifer L Holmes, Sara M Vetter, John A Montenieri, Shanna K Williams, Christine B Graham, Michael E Woods, Rebecca J Eisen, Kenneth L Gage

Abstract

Traditionally, efficient flea-borne transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, was thought to be dependent on a process referred to as blockage in which biofilm-mediated growth of the bacteria physically blocks the flea gut, leading to the regurgitation of contaminated blood into the host. This process was previously shown to be temperature-regulated, with blockage failing at temperatures approaching 30°C; however, the abilities of fleas to transmit infections at different temperatures had not been adequately assessed. We infected colony-reared fleas of Xenopsylla cheopis with a wild type strain of Y. pestis and maintained them at 10, 23, 27, or 30°C. Naïve mice were exposed to groups of infected fleas beginning on day 7 post-infection (p.i.), and every 3-4 days thereafter until day 14 p.i. for fleas held at 10°C, or 28 days p.i. for fleas held at 23-30°C. Transmission was confirmed using Y. pestis-specific antigen or antibody detection assays on mouse tissues.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 4%
Madagascar 1 2%
Norway 1 2%
Unknown 50 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 20%
Student > Bachelor 9 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 15%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor 4 7%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 10 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 31%
Environmental Science 5 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 9%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 6%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 13 24%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 135. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2023.
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