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How does yersinia reproduce? only in rats and fleas?
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Plague: Yersinia pestis replicates like other bacteria. It grows well in rodents and fleas as well as other mammals like humans.
Answered 6/27/2020
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By binary fission: Yersinia pestis requires a host to reproduce. It can infect prairie dogs, chipmunks, wood rats, ground squirrels, deer mice, cats, voles.rabbits, coyotes, bobcats, goats, camels, sheep & people (to mention a few).
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No: Yersinina genus can replicate in humans like other bacteria.
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