| transmission efficiency of the plague pathogen (y. pestis) by the flea, xenopsylla skrjabini, to mice and great gerbils. | plague, a zoonotic disease caused by yersinia pestis, is characterized by its ability to persist in the plague natural foci. junggar basin plague focus was recently identified in china, with rhombomys opimus (great gerbils) and xenopsylla skrjabini as the main reservoir and vector for plague. no transmission efficiency data of x. skrjabini for y. pestis is available till now. | 2015 | 25928441 |