| seasonal dynamics of american dog tick, dermacentor variabilis (say), populations in southwestern nova scotia. | | 1978 | 630475 |
| antibodies to snowshoe hare virus of the california group in the snowshoe hare (lepus americanus) population of nova scotia. | serological study showed the presence of antibodies to snowshoe hare virus in 6--14% of snowshoe hares (lepus americanus) samples in nova scotia. this report extends the known range of this virus in north america. | 1978 | 686253 |
| q fever pneumonia associated with exposure to wild rabbits. | 4 patients with atypical pneumonia and a history of exposure to wild rabbits were found to have antibodies to coxiella burnetii but not to the other organisms also commonly associated with atypical pneumonia. 10 (45%) of 22 snowshoe hares caught in the area where 1 of the patients snared his rabbits had antibodies to coxiella burnetii. q fever ought to be included in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia acquired following exposure to wild rabbits. | 1986 | 2868348 |
| listeria monocytogenes infections in canada. | since its first isolation by murray in 1926 listeria monocytogenes has become recognized as a significant pathogen occurring worldwide and involving a wide range of wild and domestic animals including man. the first confirmed human listeriosis case in canada was published by stoot in 1951. a later survey based on records maintained at the laboratory centre for disease control, ottawa showed 101 cases detected over a 21 year period in nine provinces. the overall mortality was 30%. the most freque ... | 1984 | 6442654 |
| persistence of snowshoe hare virus in halifax county, ns. | | 1984 | 6713327 |
| antibodies to francisella tularensis in the snowshoe hare (lepus americanus struthopus) populations of nova scotia and prince edward island and in the moose (alces alces americana clinton) population of nova scotia. | | 1982 | 7093820 |
| seroepidemiology of coxiella burnetii among wildlife in nova scotia. | we used an indirect immunofluorescence assay to determine antibody titers to phase i and phase ii coxiella burnetii antigens in serum samples from a variety of wild animals in nova scotia. forty-nine percent of the hares, 16.5% of the moose, 7.1% of the raccoons, and 1.5% of the white-tailed deer tested had antibodies to phase i antigen. we conclude that there is extensive infection of the hare population by c. burnetii, with lesser degrees of infection of the moose, raccoon, and deer population ... | 1993 | 8250101 |
| birds disperse ixodid (acari: ixodidae) and borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in canada. | a total of 152 ixodid ticks (acari: ixodidae) consisting of nine species was collected from 82 passerine birds (33 species) in 14 locations in canada from 1996 to 2000. the lyme disease spirochete borrelia burgdorferi johnson, schmidt, hyde, steigerwaldt & brenner was cultured from the nymph of a blacklegged tick, ixodes scapularis say, that had been removed from a common yellowthroat, geothlypis trichas l., from bon portage island, nova scotia. as a result of bird movement, a nymphal i. scapula ... | 2001 | 11476328 |