title: [The role of fleas (Siphonaptera) in the epizootiology of plague].
abstract: This review concerns the role of the fleas in survival and spread of the plague, their influence on the seasonal dynamics of the epizootics, and infection rates of these insects in different natural foci. The critical evaluation is given to the data which are used to calculate the flea transmission probability for mathematical simulation of plague epizootics.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Vashchenok
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D012621:Seasons; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology; D015010:Yersinia pestis