title: [Dispersal of the flea Ctenophyllus hirticrus and spreading of plague epizooties in Gorny Altai].
abstract: Gradual dispersion of an abundant flea species Ctenophyllus hirticrus specific to the Pallas's pika (the main plague carrier), is revealed in the Gorno-Altai natural plague focus on the territory, occupied by two populations of this lagomorph. Spreading of Yersinia pestis in these areas took place a short time later the rise of this ectoparasite's abundance. It is supposed that the colonization of these areas by C. hirticrus was one of the factors determined epizooties spreading within the focus and formation of new sites of stable Y. pestis preservation.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Korzun
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Chipanin
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Innokent'eva
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fomina
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Sotnikova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Denisov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004199:Disease Vectors / Q000145:classification; D017753:Ecosystem; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D007793:Lagomorpha / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D010930:Plague / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011155:Population Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000302:isolation & purification*