| serologic evidence of west nile virus exposure in north american mesopredators. | sera from 936 mammalian mesopredators (virginia opossums, gray foxes, striped skunks, hooded skunks, raccoons, a bobcat, and a red fox) were collected during 2003 and 2004 in california, arizona, texas, louisiana, ohio, and wyoming and screened for flavivirus-specific antibodies by an epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (blocking elisa). serum samples positive for antibodies against flaviviruses were screened for west nile virus (wnv)-specific antibodies by blocking elisa and sele ... | 2007 | 17255248 |
| identification of skunk species submitted for rabies testing in the desert southwest. | skunks usually are identified by their common name (skunk) when submitted for rabies testing. in the desert southwest (arizona, new mexico, texas, usa; and northern mexico), there are five species of skunks; four of which can occur in sympatry. to better understand the ecology of skunk rabies in these areas, it is imperative that species be properly identified. we used the displacement loop (d-loop) of the mitochondrial genome to identify to species 24 skunk brain samples submitted for rabies te ... | 2004 | 15362845 |