| serologic survey for selected infectious disease agents in swift and kit foxes from the western united states. | a serologic survey of swift fox (vulpes velox) and kit fox (v. macrotis) from the western usa was conducted for 12 infectious diseases. samples from swift fox were collected between 1987 and 1992 from colorado (n = 44), kansas (n = 10), and wyoming (n = 9). samples from kit fox were collected in california (n = 86), new mexico (n = 18), utah (n = 9), and arizona (n = 6). overall antibody prevalence rates were 33 of 110 (30%) for canine parvovirus (cpv), 9 of 72 (13%) for canine distemper virus ( ... | 2000 | 11085448 |
| ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) in kansas: a new distribution record. | the blacklegged tick, ixodes scapularis say, previously known to occur only in the extreme southeastern corner of kansas, has been collected in douglas and jefferson counties in the northeast. the new collections extend the northern range of this species in kansas by approximately 240 km. the role of i. scapularis as a vector of the lyme borreliosis spirochete, borrelia burgdorferi, makes this a noteworthy extension of its known range. the proximity of these new collection sites to large centers ... | 1991 | 1770524 |
| an interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a rocky mountain cabin. | in july 1995, an outbreak of acute febrile illness affected 11 (48%) of 23 family members from nebraska and kansas who had vacationed at a colorado cabin in june. similar symptoms were identified among five (17%) of 30 additional persons from nebraska, kansas, florida, and texas who had vacationed at the same cabin. symptoms suggested tick-borne relapsing fever (tbrf). although no spirochetes were detected in available blood smears from five case-patients, borrelia hermsii was cultured from the ... | 1998 | 9660457 |