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The Respective Influences of Temperature and Moisture upon the Survival of the Rat Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) away from its host1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. W. Bacot  and
C. J. Martin
A. W. Bacot
Affiliation:
(From the Lister Institute, London.)
C. J. Martin
Affiliation:
(From the Lister Institute, London.)
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The rapid fall in the number of plague cases with the onset of hot weather is a characteristic feature of plague epidemics in the northern half of India. In these regions the rise in temperature is accompanied by an increased drying capacity of the atmosphere so that it is impossible to assess to what extent the higher temperature and increased drying power are respectively responsible for the effect.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , September 1924 , pp. 98 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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