title: Body lice, yersinia pestis orientalis, and black death.
authors.forename: Saravanan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayyadurai
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sebbane
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D010374:Pediculus / Q000382:microbiology*; D010930:Plague / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D011817:Rabbits; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000502:physiology*
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