Publications

arbovirus studies in the ohio-mississippi basin, 1964-1967. vii. lone star virus, a hitherto unknown agent isolated from the tick amblyomma americanum (linn).		1969	5810802
arbovirus studies in the ohio-mississippi basin, 1964-1967. iv. cache valley virus.		1969	5817892
arbovirus studies in the ohio-mississippi basin, 1964-1967. v. trivittatus and western equine encephalomyelitis viruses.		1969	5817893
zoonotic potential (rocky mountain spotted fever aed tularemia) in the tennessee valley region. ii. prevalence of rickettsia rickettsi and francisella tularensis in mammals and ticks from land between the lakes.		1974	4204021
allergenic relationships of two different antigens of kentucky bluegrass pollen.	two purified allergens, allergen c and kbg-1, isolated from kentucky bluegrass (kbg) pollen, were found to be antigenically distinct with respect to rabbit precipitating antisera produced separately to each allergen. on the other hand, allergen c and kbg-1 appeared to be allergenically identical in terms of the specificities evaluated with murine reaginic antisera produced to each of these allergens; whereas they appeared to be only partially identical when evaluated with respect to the ige anti ...	1981	7263084
metazoan parasites of the eastern cottontail rabbit in western kentucky.	forty-five eastern cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus allen), collected over a 15 mo period from two areas of western kentucky, were examined for disease conditions, helminth and arthropod parasites. a single lymphosarcoma, two cutaneous papillomas and the following parasites were identified: hasstilesia tricolor, taenia pisiformis, cittotaenia variabilis, raillietina stilesiella, obeliscoides cuniculi, trichuris leporis, longistriata noviberiae, trichostrongylus calcaratus, dermatoxys ve ...	1983	6842731
enzootic transmission of babesia divergens among cottontail rabbits on nantucket island, massachusetts.	specific ticks seem to locally serve as vector for characteristic microbial assemblages (guilds) comprising spirochetes, piroplasms, ehrlichiae, and arboviruses. borrelia andersoni and anaplasma phagocytophilum are intensely transmitted between cottontail rabbits. to test the hypothesis that a piroplasm may also be maintained in rabbits, we sampled these hosts from nantucket island, massachusetts and tested their blood and tissues by a polymerase chain reaction for evidence of infection. surpris ...	2003	14695079
toxoplasma gondii infections in captive black-footed ferrets (mustela nigripes), 1992-1998: clinical signs, serology, pathology, and prevention.	an epizootic of toxoplasmosis occurred among 22 adult and 30 kit black-footed ferrets (mustela nigripes) maintained under quarantine conditions at the louisville zoological garden (louisville, kentucky, usa) in june, 1992. black-footed ferrets appear to be highly susceptible to acute and chronic toxoplasmosis. clinical signs were observed in 19 adults and six kits and included anorexia, lethargy, corneal edema, and ataxia. two adults and six kits died with acute disease. high antibody titers to ...	2003	14733273
field evaluation of cdc gravid trap attractants to primary west nile virus vectors, culex mosquitoes in new york state.	a field study was conducted to evaluate two cdc gravid trap attractants available for the west nile virus surveillance program in new york state (nys). according to potential attractiveness, a common lawn sod in nys, kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis) infusion and a rabbit chow infusion were compared for attractiveness to primary west nile virus vectors, culex mosquitoes. attractiveness of each infusion was measured by the number of adult mosquitoes caught in cdc gravid traps and the number of e ...	2004	15532922
comparative infectivity of babesia divergens and a zoonotic babesia divergens-like parasite in cattle.	babesia divergens-like parasites identified in human babesiosis cases in missouri and kentucky and in eastern cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) on nantucket island, massachusetts, share identical small subunit ribosomal rna gene sequences. this sequence is 99.8% identical to that of babesia divergens, suggesting that the u.s. parasite may be b. divergens, a causative agent of human and bovine babesiosis in europe. holstein-friesian calves were inoculated with cultured nantucket island b ...	2005	16282295
detection of babesia and anaplasma species in rabbits from texas and georgia, usa.	rabbits have been shown to harbor a suite of zoonotic organisms, including a babesia species, borrelia burgdorferi, and anaplasma phagocytophilum. in this study, we conducted a molecular survey for various tick-borne pathogens in three species of rabbits from texas and georgia. of 18 black-tailed jackrabbits (lepus californicus) tested from texas, six (28%) were polymerase chain reaction (pcr) positive for babesia, and nucleotide sequencing revealed two distinct species or strains. two jackrabbi ...	2006	16584322
phylogenetic and biologic evidence that babesia divergens is not endemic in the united states.	the causative agent of human babesiosis in a kentucky case, which was first identified as babesia divergens, is identical to a parasite of eastern cottontail rabbits on nantucket island, massachusetts based on piroplasm size, morphology, and ribosomal rna sequence analysis. studies showing differential infectivity for cattle, host erythrocyte specificity in vitro, parasite size and morphology in vitro, and ribosomal rna sequences clearly demonstrate that the parasite from the rabbit (conspecific ...	2006	17135561