Publications

serologic evidence of leptospirosis in woodchucks (marmota monax) in central new york state.	serum samples from 153 woodchucks (marmota monax) from tompkins county, new york, obtained in 1976 and 1977, were examined by plate agglutination tests for antibodies against five leptospira antigens. fourteen sera showed significant titers against either l. hardjo, l. icterohemorrhagiae and/or l. pomona. reactions against l. hardjo were the most frequent. woodchucks collected from two dairy farms with histories of bovine leptospirosis did not have a greater prevalence of antibodies than woodchu ...	1979	480515
risk factors associated with the likelihood of leptospiral seropositivity in horses in the state of new york.	to determine and quantify risk factors associated with exposure of horses to the following serovars of leptospira interrogans: pomona, autumnalis, and bratislava.	1997	9328661
epidemiologic features of equine leptospira interrogans of human significance.	leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by leptospira interrogans. there is a serologic evidence that horses are exposed to l. interrogans and, as a shedder of these organisms, can be a threat to humans. we examined risk factors associated with the risk of testing seropositive to three l. interrogans serovars (l. icterohaemorrhagiae, l. grippotyphosa, and l. canicola) in the horses of new york state, in order to understand the epidemiology of the disease and suggest strategies to co ...	1998	9762736
serum antibodies to whole-cell and recombinant antigens of borrelia burgdorferi in cottontail rabbits.	archived serum samples, from 95 eastern cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) captured in new york, new york, usa and millbrook, new york, usa, during 1985-86, were analyzed in solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisa) for total and class-specific immunoglobulin (ig) m antibodies to whole-cell or recombinant antigens of borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. using a polyvalent conjugate, rabbit sera contained antibodies to whole-cell and recombinant antigens (protein [p]35, p37, o ...	2012	22247369
detection of zoonotic pathogens and characterization of novel viruses carried by commensal rattus norvegicus in new york city.	norway rats (rattus norvegicus) are globally distributed and concentrate in urban environments, where they live and feed in closer proximity to human populations than most other mammals. despite the potential role of rats as reservoirs of zoonotic diseases, the microbial diversity present in urban rat populations remains unexplored. in this study, we used targeted molecular assays to detect known bacterial, viral, and protozoan human pathogens and unbiased high-throughput sequencing to identify ...	2014	25316698