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IN Nature of December 8 it is asserted, without comment, that the common rat of Britain (Rattus norvegicus) does not carry plague1.
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BARNETT, S. Carriage of Plague by the Common Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus). Nature 157, 105 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157105b0
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