| survey for ixodes spp. and borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern wisconsin and northeastern illinois. | forested areas adjacent to milwaukee, wis., and chicago, ill., were investigated for rodents and ticks infected with borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of lyme disease. white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus or peromyscus maniculatus), meadow voles (microtus pennsylvanicus), and eastern chipmunks (tamias striatus) were captured; and specimens from these animals were cultured for b. burgdorferi to define whether the midwestern lyme disease area currently encompasses these large metropolita ... | 1991 | 2007650 |
| industrial lead contamination of an illinois wildlife refuge and indigenous small mammals. | deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) were trapped from a sand prairie at various distances from an adjacent battery lead reclamation plant. analysis of liver, kidney, and bone for lead concentrations showed an increase of tissue lead concentrations over controls to a distance of approximately 400 m. soil and plant lead concentrations roughly correlated with the findings in deer mouse tissues. at higher tissue lead concentrations, acid-fast staining intranuclear inclusions within renal tubular epit ... | 1984 | 6511573 |