The role of louse-transmitted diseases in historical plague pandemics

2020/10/06 by Rémi Barbieri, Michel Drancourt, Didier Raoult · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research #Zoonotic diseases and public health

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30487-4

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• Great Plague of London [wikipedia]