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Potential for rat plague from nonencapsulated variants of the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis)

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Potentials for oral and flea-borne transmission of nonencapsulatedY. pestis were demonstrated when 45% of rats that consumed infected meat died of plague and 22% of the rats that died of plague had bacteremia.

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  1. Department of Hazardous Microorganisms, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 20307, Washington, D.C., USA

    J. E. Williams & D. C. Cavanaugh

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The views of the authors do not purport to reflect the position of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense (para 4-3, AR 360-5).

In conducting the research described in this report, the investigators adhered to the ‘Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals’; promulgated by the Committee on Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council.

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Williams, J.E., Cavanaugh, D.C. Potential for rat plague from nonencapsulated variants of the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis). Experientia 40, 739–740 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949752

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