| isolation of borrelia burgdorferi (spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) from ixodes scapularis and dermacentor albipictus ticks (acari: ixodidae) in oklahoma. | borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from ixodes scapularis say and dermacentor albipictus packard that were removed as partially fed adults from white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus zimmermann, in oklahoma. isolation in media was accomplished only after homogenates of pooled field-collected ticks were inoculated into laboratory-reared peromyscus leucopus and reisolated from the urinary bladder into bsk ii media. both isolates were confirmed by western blot analysis and reactivity with monoclo ... | 1992 | 1495072 |
| isolation of borrelia burgdorferi from peromyscus leucopus in oklahoma. | borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from a field-caught peromyscus leucopus from central oklahoma (usa). the strain was identified as b. burgdorferi by reaction with monoclonal antibody h5332 specific for the outer surface protein ospa of b. burgdorferi. this represents the first isolation of b. burgdorferi from a wild mouse outside of the normal range of the known vectors ixodes dammini and i. pacificus. | 1992 | 1602581 |
| coccidian parasites (apicomplexa) from snakes in the southcentral and southwestern united states: new host and geographic records. | four hundred thirty-five leptotyphlopid, colubrid, elapid, and viperid snakes were collected from various localities in arkansas, new mexico, oklahoma, and texas, and their feces were examined for coccidian parasites. of these, 131 (30%) were passing oocysts or sporocysts of at least 1 coccidian; 88 (67%) of the infected snakes had only 1 species of coccidian when they were examined. aquatic and semiaquatic snakes accounted for 48% of the infections, whereas strictly terrestrial snakes comprised ... | 1995 | 7876980 |
| alternate pathway of infection with hepatozoon americanum and the epidemiologic importance of predation. | the range of american canine hepatozoonosis (ach) is expanding from the southern usa northward. transmission of hepatozoon americanum occurs by ingestion of infected gulf coast ticks, amblyomma maculatum. the source of the protozoan for the tick remains undetermined; infected dogs are unusual hosts for the tick. | 2009 | 19709355 |
| presence of hyperplastic pectoral mammary glands in a white-footed mouse (peromyscus leucopus) from a superfund site in oklahoma, usa. | laboratory experiments have documented the effects of hormones and endocrine-disrupting compounds on mammary development in mammals. however, few observations of mammary hyperplasia have been presented for wild rodents. we describe hyperplastic mammary glands in a wild-caught white-footed mouse (peromyscus leucopus) from an area contaminated with heavy metals. | 2011 | 21270018 |
| field survey of rodents for hepatozoon infections in an endemic focus of american canine hepatozoonosis. | eighteen of 31 (58%) cotton rats (sigmodon hispidus) and 8 of 24 (33.3%) white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) that were wild-trapped from 4 american canine hepatozoonosis endemic sites in oklahoma were infected with hepatozoon species. the predilection organ for merogony of the hepatozoon species in cotton rats was the liver. meronts were not detected in any of the white-footed mice. a 488 bp dna fragment that includes a variable region of the 18s rrna hepatozoon gene amplified from blood or ... | 2007 | 17942230 |