Modeling the epidemiological history of plague in Central Asia: Palaeoclimatic forcing on a disease system over the past millennium
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- 27 August 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Biology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 112
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-112
Abstract
Human cases of plague (Yersinia pestis) infection originate, ultimately, in the bacterium's wildlife host populations. The epidemiological dynamics of the wildlife reservoir therefore determine the abundance, distribution and evolution of the pathogen, which in turn shape the frequency, distribution and virulence of human cases. Earlier studies have shown clear evidence of climatic forcing on contemporary plague abundance in rodents and humans.Keywords
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