| new host and locality records of coccidia (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from rodents in the southwestern and western united states. | one hundred forty-seven murid and heteromyid rodents were collected from various sites in the southwestern and western united states (arizona, colorado, new mexico, texas, and utah) and baja california norte, mexico, and their feces were examined for coccidial parasites. of these, 53 (36%) were infected with at least 1 coccidian; 45 of 53 (85%) of the infected rodents harbored only 1 species of coccidian. infected rodents included: 10 of 22 (45%) neotoma albigula, 3 of 11 (27%) neotoma floridana ... | 1991 | 1779282 |
| small-scale die-offs in woodrats support long-term maintenance of plague in the u.s. southwest. | our longitudinal study of plague dynamics was conducted in north-central new mexico to identify which species in the community were infected with plague, to determine the spatial and temporal patterns of the dynamics of plague epizootics, and to describe the dynamics of yersinia pestis infection within individual hosts. a total of 3156 fleas collected from 535 small mammals of 8 species were tested for y. pestis dna. nine fleas collected from six southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) and f ... | 2017 | 28792853 |
| catarina virus, an arenaviral species principally associated with neotoma micropus (southern plains woodrat) in texas. | the purpose of this study was to define the taxonomic relationship of an arenavirus principally associated with the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) in southern texas to other new world arenaviruses. the results of independent analyses of glycoprotein precursor amino acid sequences and nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequences indicated that the arenavirus in southern texas is novel (proposed species name catarina virus) and phylogenetically most closely related to whitewater arroyo vi ... | 2007 | 17978080 |
| diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family arenaviridae) associated with the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus). | the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) is the principal host of catarina virus in southern texas and a natural host of other north american tacaribe serocomplex viruses. the objectives of this study were to increase our knowledge of the genetic diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with n. micropus and to define better the natural host relationships of these viruses. pairwise comparisons of complete glycoprotein precursor gene sequences and complete nucleocapsid protein ... | 2013 | 24161346 |