Williams J E, Cavanaugh D C
Experientia. 1984 Jul 15;40(7):739-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01949752.
Potentials for oral and flea-borne transmission of nonencapsulated Y. pestis were demonstrated when 45% of rats that consumed infected meat died of plague and 22% of the rats that died of plague had bacteremia.
当45%食用受感染肉类的大鼠死于鼠疫且22%死于鼠疫的大鼠出现菌血症时,证明了非包膜型鼠疫耶尔森菌存在经口和跳蚤传播的可能性。