Publications

california-encephalitis-group viruses in florida rabbits. report of experimental and sentinel studies.		1968	5676661
tensaw virus, a new member of the bunyamwera arbovirus group from the southern united states.		1969	5764201
venezuelan encephalitis antibody studies in certain florida wildlife.		1969	5817782
mycobacterium intracellulare (battey bacillus) infection in a florida wood duck (aix sponsa). some epidemiologic considerations.		1969	5357701
california group arboviruses in florida. host-vector relations.		1971	4398108
wildlife and environmental health: raccoons as indicators of zoonoses and pollutants in southeastern united states.	inasmuch as terrestrial fauna are an integral part of our natural environment and are directly exposed to disease and pollutants, it follows that certain wild populations could serve to detect subtle alterations within ecosystems. a collection of studies on raccoons is presented to stimulate other researchers to develop the potential of our wildlife resources as monitors of environmental health. raccoons have been used as serologic sentinels for st louis encephalitis and venezuelan equine enceph ...	1975	170239
arbovirus surveillance in florida: wild vertebrate studies 1965-1974.	wildlife species from 38 of florida's 67 counties were surveyed over a 10 year period for the presence of antibody to the five major arboviruses circulating in the state. the routine screening of 7891 sera from wild birds and mammals via the hemagglutination-inhibition (h1) test with selected reactors subjected to serum neutralization testing has 1) provided information regarding geographic distribution and seasonality of circulation of these viruses 2) identified enzootic foci of infection and ...	1975	1152173
leptospirosis in selected wild mammals of the florida panhandle and southwestern georgia.	a group of 144 wild mammals, including white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbits, fox squirrels, gray squirrels, raccoons, opossums, a bobcat, and various small rodents was examined for cultural or serologic evidence of leptospiral infection. leptospires were isolated from 1 of 25 rabbits, 1 of 27 fox squirrels, 1 of 26 gray squirrels, 4 of 18 mice and rats, 8 of 21 raccoons, 7 of 17 opossums, and a bobcat. isolations were not made from 6 deer examined. serotypes isolated were leptospira interrogans ...	1975	1176352
tularemia in florida: sylvilagus palustris as a source of human infection.	the marsh rabbit, sylvilagus palustris, was epidemiologically incriminated as the source of two human cases of tularemia. this represents the first published report of involvement for this species in the human disease.	1975	1195503
phylogeny of lymphocyte heterogeneity. iv. evidence for t-like and b-like cells in reptiles.		1979	315892
serologic survey for toxoplasma gondii in wild animals in florida.	blood samples were collected for serum separation from 114 species of wild animals (25 species of mammals, 82 species of birds, and 7 species of reptiles) in florida. each of the 3,471 samples was tested for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii, using the indirect hemagglutination test. the highest prevalences of t gondii antibodies were 19% in armadillos (dasypus novemcinctus), 18% in raccoons (procyon lotor), 13% in black rats (rattus rattus), and 11% in opossums (didelphis marsupialis). antibody p ...	1979	521384
an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of florida red tide brevetoxins.	a non-competitive solid-phase enzyme immunoassay for detection of brevetoxins in various matrices has been developed. the assay utilizes antibodies raised in a goat against brevetoxin pbtx-3-keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugates with specific purification of brevetoxin antibodies through protein g and brevetoxin affinity columns, and rabbit anti-goat antibodies covalently linked to horseradish peroxidase. the assay was used specifically to detect brevetoxins in both cell culture and contaminated ...	1991	1814015
blood hosts of aedes albopictus in the united states.	bloodfed aedes albopictus were collected during 1989-91 by vacuum aspirator from rural and urban study sites in missouri, florida, indiana, illinois, and louisiana. blood hosts identified by elisa and precipitin tests were rabbit (n = 91), rattus sp. (n = 69), dog (n = 14), unidentified mammal (n = 14), cow (n = 13), human (n = 10), deer (n = 10), sciurid (n = 7), turtle (n = 5), murid other than rattus sp. (n = 4), raccoon (n = 3), passeriform bird (n = 3), and cat (n = 2). as an opportunistic ...	1994	7807094
avanti overcomes safety concerns raised by fda.	as an alternative to the latex condom, the avanti polyurethane condom represents the first technological breakthrough in the condom industry in 70 years. the manufacturer, london international in florida, claims to have spent $16 million developing this condom. although the us food and drug administration (fda) determined that the condom is safe, it questioned test results showing that the polyurethane material did not biodegrade under relatively mild conditions. therefore, the fda required t ...	1995	12290715
oral rabies vaccine contact by raccoons and nontarget species in a field trial in florida.	rabies is enzootic in raccoons (procyon lotor) in the eastern united states. oral vaccination of free-ranging raccoons against rabies has the potential to control the disease in a principal reservoir and reduce the risk of rabies exposure among domestic animals and humans. free-ranging animal contact with baits containing a vaccinia virus recombinant vaccine expressing the rabies glycoprotein gene (v-rg) was monitored in pinellas county (florida, usa) from february through may 1997. bait contact ...	1999	10574527
genetic heterogeneity of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the southern united states based on restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysis.	fifty-six strains of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated from ticks and vertebrate animals in missouri, south carolina, georgia, florida, and texas, were identified and characterized by pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis of rrf (5s)-rrl (23s) intergenic spacer amplicons. a total of 241 to 258 bp of intergenic spacers between tandemly duplicated rrf (5s) and rrl (23s) was amplified by pcr. msei and drai restriction fragment polymorphisms were used to analyze these ...	2001	11427560
pediatric cardiac transplantation in children with high panel reactive antibody.	elevated panel reactive antibody (pra) may be considered a risk factor precluding pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation. we retrospectively reviewed our management strategy and outcome data for children undergoing heart transplantation with high pra (> 10%).	2004	15511459
validation and use of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies to west nile virus in american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) in florida.	in october 2002, west nile virus (wnv) was identified in farmed american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) in florida showing clinical signs and having microscopic lesions indicative of central nervous system disease. to perform seroepidemiologic studies, an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed to determine exposure of captive and wild alligators to wnv. to validate the test, a group of wnv-seropositive and -seronegative alligators were identified at the affecte ...	2005	15827216
first records of rodent-infesting cuterebra bot flies parasitizing raccoons (procyon lotor) in north america.	larvae of cuterebra spp. bot flies are specialized parasites of native species of either rodentia (e.g., mice, rats, and tree squirrels) or lagomorpha (e.g., rabbits and hares) in the americas. however, they also infest other native and introduced wildlife, domestic animals, and humans, but which cuterebra species parasitize these "atypical" hosts has seldom been determined, largely because the larvae are difficult to identify to species without first rearing them to adults. here, we describe 2 ...	2006	17304824
redescription, synonymy, and new records of vexillata noviberiae (dikmans, 1935) (nematoda: trichostrongylina), a parasite of rabbits sylvilagus spp. (leporidae) in the united states.	vexillata noviberiae (dikmans, 1935) (trichostrongylina: heligmosomoidea), originally described as a parasite of sylvilagus floridanus from louisiana, is redescribed from material collected from sylvilagus palustris in florida and from s. floridanus in kansas. new morphometric and morphological data are provided. stunkardionema halla arnold, 1941, described from s. floridanus from kansas and new york, is proposed as a junior synonym of v. noviberiae. these findings confirm the occurrence of v. n ...	2007	17918368
rapid ultrafiltration concentration and biosensor detection of enterococci from large volumes of florida recreational water.	monitoring recreational waters for fecal contamination by standard methodologies involves culturing indicator bacteria, such as fecal coliforms and enterococci. delayed reporting of microbial water quality parameters increases the likelihood of public exposure to pathogens of fecal origin, making the development of rapid methods important for public health protection. a rapid assay for enterococci was developed using a combined ultrafiltration-biosensor procedure. twelve 100-liter water samples ...	2008	18515479
distribution of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in the lower florida keys.	johne's disease, a fatal and contagious gastrointestinal infection caused by mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (map), was first diagnosed in an endangered florida key deer (odocoileus virginianus clavium) in 1996 and later in six additional key deer deaths from 1998 to 2004. we investigated the geographic distribution of map in the lower florida keys from february 2005 through may 2006 via collection of blood and fecal pellets from 51 live-captured deer, collection of 550 fecal samples ...	2008	18689642
canine schistosomiasis in north america: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution.	heterobilharzia americana, a digenean trematode in the family schistosomatidae, is the etiologic agent of canine schistosomiasis in the southeastern united states.1 a few cases of canine schistosomiasis have been reported in florida, louisiana, north carolina, texas, and, recently, kansas.1-6 the natural definitive host for the fluke is the raccoon1; however, infections have been detected in nutrias, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, red wo ...	2010	20473851