Sylvatic plague
Sylvatic plague is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that primarily affects rodents such as prairie dogs. It is the same bacterium that causes bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans. Sylvatic, or sylvan, means 'occurring in wildlife,' and refers specifically to the form of plague in rural wildlife. Urban plague refers to the form in urban wildlife.
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Sylvatic plague
Sylvatic plague is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that primarily affects rodents such as prairie dogs. It is the same bacterium that causes bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans. Sylvatic, or sylvan, means 'occurring in wildlife,' and refers specifically to the form of plague in rural wildlife. Urban plague refers to the form in urban wildlife.
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Sylvatic plague is an infectio ...... like the black-footed ferret.
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Yersinia pestis
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van Loghem 1944
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Peste silvestre é uma doença i ...... a mesma doença em meio urbano.
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Sylvatic plague is an infectio ...... to the form in urban wildlife.
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Peste silvestre
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Sylvatic plague
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