Reply to Park et al.: Human ectoparasite transmission of plague during the Second Pandemic is still plausible [Biological Sciences]

In their letter, Park et al. (1) raise several concerns and question our conclusion (2) that human ectoparasites could have caused plague epidemics during the Second Pandemic. First, Park et al. (1) state that our study cannot provide evidence that human ectoparasite transmission was more likely than a mixed pneumonic...

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