| serologic evidence of exposure of wild mammals to flaviviruses in the central and eastern united states. | serosurveys were conducted to obtain flavivirus and west nile virus (wnv) seroprevalence data from mammals. sera from 513 small- and medium-sized mammals collected during late summer and fall 2003 from colorado, louisiana, new york, ohio, and pennsylvania were screened for flavivirus-specific antibodies. sera samples containing antibody to flaviviruses were screened for wnv-specific antibodies by epitope-blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and confirmed with plaque reduction neutralizati ... | 2005 | 15891139 |
| leptospirosis in fox squirrels (sciurus niger) of larimer county, colorado, usa. | leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium leptospira interrogans. the organism is typically maintained within a geographic region by colonizing renal tubules of carrier animals and shed into the environment in urine. we assessed whether l. interrogans was present in fox squirrels (sciurus niger) in larimer county, colorado, usa, and whether it is associated with disease. twenty-two squirrels were trapped from 29 november 2011 to 15 december 2011 for use in an unrelated study. t ... | 2013 | 23778614 |
| use of a public telephone hotline to detect urban plague cases. | current methods for vector-borne disease surveillance are limited by time and cost. to avoid human infections from emerging zoonotic diseases, it is important that the united states develop cost-effective surveillance systems for these diseases. this study examines the methodology used in the surveillance of a plague epizootic involving tree squirrels (sciurus niger) in denver colorado, during the summer of 2007. a call-in centre for the public to report dead squirrels was used to direct animal ... | 2012 | 22429398 |
| bait development for oral delivery of pharmaceuticals to raccoons (procyon lotor) and striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). | oral vaccination is one tool used to control wildlife diseases. a challenge to oral vaccination is identifying baits specific to target species. the us has been conducting oral vaccination against rabies since the 1990s. improvements in bait development will hasten disease elimination. in colorado, we examined a novel bait for oral vaccination and offered two different flavors, sweet and fish, to captive raccoons ( procyon lotor ) and striped skunks ( mephitis mephitis ) to assess consumption an ... | 2016 | 27505038 |