The Perfect Burrow, but for What? Identifying Local Habitat Conditions Promoting the Presence of the Host and Vector Species in the Kazakh Plague System

Bethany Levick; Anne Laudisoit; Liesbeth Wilschut; Elisabeth Addink; Vladimir Ageyev; Aidyn Yeszhanov; Valerij Sapozhnikov; Alexander Belayev; Tania Davydova; Sally Eagle; Mike Begon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136962

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The Perfect Burrow, but for What? Identifying Local Habitat Conditions Promoting the Presence of the Host and Vector Species in the Kazakh Plague System

Bethany Levick ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bethany Levick, Anne Laudisoit

* E-mail: b.a.levick@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution and Genomics of Infectious Disease Research Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Anne Laudisoit ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bethany Levick, Anne Laudisoit

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution and Genomics of Infectious Disease Research Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Liesbeth Wilschut,

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Elisabeth Addink,

Affiliation Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Vladimir Ageyev,

Affiliation M.Akimbayev’s Kazakh Science Centre for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Aidyn Yeszhanov,

Affiliation M.Akimbayev’s Kazakh Science Centre for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Valerij Sapozhnikov,

Affiliation M.Akimbayev’s Kazakh Science Centre for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Alexander Belayev,

Affiliations M.Akimbayev’s Kazakh Science Centre for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Taldykorgan anti-plague station, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
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Tania Davydova,

Affiliation Taldykorgan anti-plague station, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
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Sally Eagle,

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Mike Begon

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution and Genomics of Infectious Disease Research Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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The Perfect Burrow, but for What? Identifying Local Habitat Conditions Promoting the Presence of the Host and Vector Species in the Kazakh Plague System

Bethany Levick,
Anne Laudisoit,
Liesbeth Wilschut,
Elisabeth Addink,
Vladimir Ageyev,
Aidyn Yeszhanov,
Valerij Sapozhnikov,
Alexander Belayev,
Tania Davydova,
Sally Eagle

Published: September 1, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136962

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