Infectious blood source alters early foregut infection and regurgitative transmission of Yersinia pestis by rodent fleas

• David M. Bland ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.bland@nih.gov

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-5599

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• Clayton O. Jarrett,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana United States of America

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• Christopher F. Bosio,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana United States of America

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• B. Joseph Hinnebusch

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana United States of America

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