title: Plague and rats, the "plague of the Philistines", and: what did our ancestors know about the role of rats in plague.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Institut für Experimentelle Mikrobiologie, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Köhler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000382:microbiology; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000254:growth & development*