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Title Evaluation and modification of off-host flea collection techniques used in northwest Uganda: laboratory and field studies.
Author Jeff N Borchert, Rebecca J Eisen, Jennifer L Holmes, Linda A Atiku, Joseph T Mpanga, Heidi E Brown, Christine B Graham, Nackson Babi, John A Montenieri, Russell E Enscore, Kenneth L Gage
Date 2011-07-11
Description In this study, we compare the efficacy of passive and active methods for the collection of host-seeking fleas in both the laboratory and human habitations in a plague-endemic region of northwest Uganda
Keywords flea trap, Ctenocephalides felis, Xenopsylla cheopis, flea, plague
URL http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1603/ME11045
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