Volume 7, Number 7—June 2001
THEME ISSUE
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000
Conference Panel Summary
Plague in the Americas
Table 2
Country | Reservoirs | Vectors |
---|---|---|
Bolivia | Akodon sp | Xenopsylla cheopis |
Rattus rattus | Pulex irritans | |
Brazil | Akodon sp | X. cheopis |
Oryzomys sp | ||
Callomys sp | ||
Bolomy sp | ||
Monodelphis deomestica | ||
Ecuador | R rattus | P. irritans |
R. norvegicus | ||
R. alexandrinus | ||
Akodon mollis | ||
Oryzomys sp | ||
Phyllotis sp | ||
Scirurus stramineus | ||
United States | Marmot (Cynomys sp) | Orchopeas sexdentatus |
Rabbits | Oropsylla montana | |
Rats (Dipodomys sp) | Haplosyllus sp | |
Mice (Peromyscus sp) | Diamanus sp | |
Terrestrial squirrel | Thrasis sp | |
(Citellus sp) | ||
Peru | Akodon sp | X cheopis |
Oryzomys sp | Polygenes sp | |
Sigmodon sp | Tiamastus sp | |
Phyllotis sp | P. irritans | |
R. rattus | ||
Cavia porcellus |
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