| evolutionary insights into il17a in lagomorphs. | in leporids, il17a had been implicated in the host defense against extracellular pathogens, such as francisella tularensis that infects hares and rabbits and causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. here, we studied il17a from five lagomorphs, european rabbit, pygmy rabbit, brush rabbit, european brown hare, and american pika. we observed that this protein is highly conserved between these species, with a similarity of 97-99% in leporids and ~88% between leporids and american pika. the exon/intron ... | 2015 | 26788019 |
| a molecular survey for francisella tularensis and rickettsia spp. in haemaphysalis leporispalustris (acari: ixodidae) in northern california. | francisella tularensis and rickettsia spp. have been cultured from haemaphysalis leporispalustris packard, but their prevalence in this tick has not been determined using modern molecular methods. we collected h. leporispalustris by flagging vegetation and leaf litter and from lagomorphs (lepus californicus gray and sylvilagus bachmani (waterhouse)) in northern california. francisella tularensis dna was not detected in any of 1,030 ticks tested by polymerase chain reaction (pcr), whereas 0.4% of ... | 2016 | 28031350 |