Plague in South Africa: a study of the epizootic cycle in gerbils ( Tatera brantsi ) in the northern Orange Free State
1. The course of an epizootic of plague in thirty-four colonies of gerbils ( Tatera brantsi ) was observed by counting, at 4-weekly intervals, the number of burrows which, when they had been closed on one day, were found open on the next. One gerbil could open an average of eight burrows in one nigh...
| Published in: | Epidemiology and Infection |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1953
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400036718 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022172400036718 |