| rio grande--a new phlebotomus fever group virus from south texas. | three strains of a new phlebotomus fever group virus were isolated from pack rats (neotoma micropus) collected in south texas during 1973--1974; the name rio grande was proposed for this virus. the virus is ph 3.0 labile, sensitive to the action of sodium deoxycholate and heat (56 degrees c) labile. the results of a serosurvey indicated that pack rats are probably the principal vertebrate host for rio grande virus and that year-round transmission of the virus may occur. because no isolations of ... | 1977 | 20785 |
| concordance of taste preferences by neotoma micropus with those of other rodents in a grassland community. | | 1978 | 27751 |
| resistance of woodrats (neotoma micropus) to crotalus atrox venom. | | 1978 | 635934 |
| effects of temperature, photoperiod, and thiourea on the thyroid of the woodrat (neotoma micropus). | | 1976 | 965847 |
| experimental infection of north american mammals with epidemic venezuelan encephalitis virus. | eighty-three wild mammals of ten species were inoculated with a first mouse passage level venezuelan encephalitis (ve) virus isolated from south texas in 1971 during the ve outbreak. rodents were highly susceptible to ve infection and circulated ve virus at levels ranging from 10(7.7) to 10(11.5) suckling mouse intracranial lethal doses per ml for 2 to 4 days. these levels of virus could easily infect vector mosquitoes. mortality was high in all species of rodents except sigmodon hispidus, adult ... | 1976 | 1008132 |
| [first report on neotoma micropus (rodentia) as a reservoir of trypanosoma cruzi in mexico]. | using xenodiagnosis, two (8.0%) of 25 woodrats neotoma micropus were found infected with tripanosome parasite in vaquerias, a village in nuevo leon state, mexico. the triatomine species developing infective metacyclic trypanosomes at week 12th were triatoma pallidipennis, t. infestans and t. gerstaeckeri. experimental infections using infected dejections were successfully conducted on laboratory mice (cd1 strain) confirming the vertebrate cycle of trypanosome cruzi. the biological characterizati ... | 1992 | 1306997 |
| sarcocystis neotomafelis sp. n (protozoa; apicomplexa) from the woodrat neotoma micropus in mexico. | the developmental cycle of a new species of sarcocystis (s. neotomafelis) was investigated. cysts obtained from the muscle fibers of the woodrats were given orally to 19 laboratory newborn kittens, 5 pups and 5 crotalids. infection developed only in newborn kittens. macrogametes, microgamonts and immature oocysts were observed principally in the jejunum. immature oocysts were detected at 6-21 post infection days. based on morphological observations made by light and electron microscopy, and repe ... | 1991 | 1670266 |
| characterization of a leishmania isolate from the rodent host neotoma micropus collected in texas and comparison with human isolates. | we report the biological and biochemical parameters of leishmania parasites (mneo/us/90/wr972) isolated from a rodent host, neotoma micropus, collected in texas. footpad inoculations of wr972 promastigotes into balb/c mice and syrian hamsters resulted in ulcerating lesions six and eight weeks post-inoculation, respectively. using monoclonal antibody-stained touch preparations, amastigotes were found in the liver of both laboratory hosts. infection of j774 macrophages with wr972 promastigotes sup ... | 1991 | 1763798 |
| 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 |
| natural anti-snake venom proteins. | the resistance of several animals to snake venom has been reviewed. some general concepts are introduced to allow the comparative evaluation of the resistance of different animals studied by different investigators. the purification and properties of several factors isolated from the serum of different animals by some researchers are described: trimeresurus flavoviridis (omori-satoh et al., 1972); vipera palaestinae (ovadia et al., 1975, 1977); sigmodon hispidus (pichyangkul and perez, 1981); di ... | 1991 | 1801313 |
| isolation of leishmania mexicana from neotoma micropus collected in texas. | a female neotoma micropus infected with leishmania was collected in zavala county, texas, on 15 january 1990. the infection was limited to lesions at the bases of the ears, and the parasite grew readily in schneider's drosophila medium supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum. isozyme analysis determined the parasite to be leishmania mexicana. | 1990 | 2213421 |
| [the resistance of fasting and nutritional aspects of triatoma lecticularia (stal, 1859) (hemiptera, reduviidae, triatominae)]. | the resistance to fasting of triatoma lecticularia was studied in all phases of the life cycle and the insect weighed in different nutritional situations (fed, not fed, death after starvation). the temperature and humidity levels were also recorded. the nymphal phases showed increasing resistance to fasting as demonstrated by the following averages (days) 1st 45.84; 2nd 61; 3rd 88.74; 4th 123.44; 5th 162.30. upon the adult phase, the averages were similar to those of the 3rd stage for the male i ... | 1989 | 2520831 |
| scanning electron microscopic study of adults and microfilariae of dunnifilaria meningica (filarioidea: onchocercidae). | dunnifilaria meningica from naturally infected neotoma micropus in mexico were studied by scanning electron microscopy (sem). the anterior end of adults is surrounded by two pairs of buccal and two pairs of cervical papillae. two amphidial openings lie near the central mouth opening, surrounded by a thick cuticular ring. the cuticular surface of males and females shows fine transversal striations. at the posterior end of the male is a semicircular cloaca, a large preanal central papilla, two pai ... | 1989 | 2666981 |
| proteolytic, hemorrhagic and hemolytic activities of snake venoms. | proteolytic, hemorrhagic and hemolytic activities were tested on 47 different venoms from the crotalidae, viperidae, elapidae, and hydrophiidae families. antihemorrhagic activity of crude opossum (didelphis virginiana) and woodrat (neotoma micropus) serum was tested against the venoms that presented hemorrhagic activity. all venoms showed proteolytic activity when non-specific substrates such as hide powder and collagen were used. members of the crotalidae family had the highest hide powder, chy ... | 1988 | 3059584 |
| dunnifilaria meningica sp. n. (filarioidea: onchocercidae) from the central nervous system of the wood-rat (neotoma micropus) in mexico. | dunnifilaria meningica sp. n. (filarioidea: onchocercidae) is described from the wood-rat, neotoma micropus, trapped in nuevo leon state, mexico. the adult worms are characteristically found in the subarachnoid spaces along the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata. the short, sheathed microfilariae are found in the peripheral blood. they do not show a periodicity. the adults are of small size (female worms are approximately 50 mm long, males about 25 mm). female worms are didelphic. male worms h ... | 1987 | 3327142 |
| a chromosome banding analysis of the mechanisms involved in the karyological divergence of neotoma phenax (merriam) and neotoma micropus baird. | | 1974 | 4443652 |
| self-selection of diet by southern plains wood rats (neotoma micropus). | | 1974 | 4812303 |
| effects of sodium chloride on water consumption, weight, and survival in the woodrats, neotoma micropus and neotoma floridana. | | 1970 | 5425661 |
| polymorphism in the somatic chromosomes of neotoma micropus baird, the plains woodrat. | | 1970 | 5439625 |
| experimental studies of rio grande virus in rodent hosts. | rio grande (rg) virus, a new member of the phlebotomus fever serogroup, was inoculated into wild wood rats (neotoma micropus) and laboratory-reared cotton rats (sigmodon hispidus) to determine if these potential hosts could be experimentally infected. nine of 14 (64%) wood rats became viremic, with titers of circulating virus ranging from 10(2.3) to 10(5.3) plaque-forming units (pfu)/ml and a geometric mean titer of 10(3.7) pfu/ml. virus was not detected in urine specimens from inoculated wood r ... | 1982 | 6282148 |
| the purification and characterization of an antihemorrhagic factor in woodrat (neotoma micropus) serum. | a protein antihemorrhagic factor was purified from the serum of the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. the homogeneity of the purified factor was measured by disc electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. the factor had an isoelectric ph of 4.1, a molecular weight of 54,000, and migrated with alpha-globulins in disc electrophoresis. the factor failed to form a precipitate with crude western diamondback rattlesnake (crotalus atrox) venom and ... | 1984 | 6372164 |
| a comparative electron microscopic study of myonecrosis induced by crotalus atrox (western diamondback rattlesnake) in gray woodrats and mice. | the myonecrosis induced by western diamondback rattlesnake (crotalus atrox) venom in the woodrat (neotoma micropus) was studied at the electron microscopic level. woodrats and control white mice were injected i.m. with 0.1 ml of diluted venom. gross examination revealed extensive hemorrhage when 250 micrograms were injected into mice. electron microscopic examination showed muscle necrosis in mouse muscle tissue. no extensive hemorrhage or muscle damage was noted until 7.5 and 15 mg of venom wer ... | 1982 | 7043786 |
| leishmaniasis in texas: prevalence and seasonal transmission of leishmania mexicana in neotoma micropus. | the annual prevalence of leishmania mexicana in neotoma micropus from 16 southern texas localities was determined by screening 192 n. micropus using in vitro culture. eight woodrats also were screened using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr). forty-six sigmodon hispidus from four localities were also tested. seasonal transmission was investigated through trap-recapture studies at three localities and analysis of infections in juveniles. fourteen n. micropus from four localities were culture-pos ... | 1995 | 7625538 |
| isolation of leishmania mexicana (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae) from lutzomyia anthophora (diptera: psychodidae) collected in texas. | three of 27 female lutzomyia anthophora (addis) collected in texas from the nest of a southern plains woodrat, neotoma micropus baird, during october 1991 were infected with flagellate protozoans. isolates were grown in schneider's drosophila medium supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum, and isozyme analysis of two of the isolates determined the parasites to be leishmania mexicana (biagi). these are the first isolations of leishmania from field-collected sand flies in north america north of m ... | 1993 | 8510126 |
| leishmaniasis in texas: epidemiology and clinical aspects of human cases. | twenty-seven autochthonous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in texas were identified by contact with dermatologists and state health department officials, and by a review of medical records, pathology reports, and previously published case reports. fifteen cases were previously unreported. although the date of onset of the first recognized case was 1903, in 20 of the cases the date of onset of the lesion(s) was in 1980-1989. twelve cases were female; 15 were male. age at diagnosis ranged from tw ... | 1996 | 8940988 |
| the detection of hemorrhagic proteins in snake venoms using monoclonal antibodies against virginia opossum (didelphis virginiana) serum. | most snakes and a few warm-blooded animals have a resistance to snake venoms because of naturally occurring antihemorrhagins found in their sera. the antihemorrhagins in serum of virginia opossum (didelphis virginiana) neutralize hemorrhagic activity by binding to hemorrhagins in snake venoms. the binding characteristic of antihemorrhagins in d. virginiana serum was used to develop a five-step western blot. the detection of hemorrhagic proteins were measured indirectly with antihemorrhagins in v ... | 1998 | 9723843 |
| natural host relationships and genetic diversity of whitewater arroyo virus in southern texas. | the purpose of this study was to refine our knowledge of the natural host relationships of whitewater arroyo (wwa) virus. two hundred eight rodents, representing nine species, were captured in july 1999 on the chaparral wildlife management area in southern texas and tested for evidence of arenavirus infection. antibody to an arenavirus was found in seven (21.9%) of 32 southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) and none of 168 other rodents. infectious wwa virus was isolated from four antibody-p ... | 2002 | 12363054 |
| temporal and spatial distribution of leishmania mexicana infections in a population of neotoma micropus. | a 19-month mark-release-recapture study of neotoma micropus with sequential screening for leishmania mexicana was conducted in bexar county, texas, usa. the overall prevalence rate was 14.7% and the seasonal prevalence rates ranged from 3.8 to 26.7%. nine incident cases were detected, giving an incidence rate of 15.5/100 rats/year. follow-up of 101 individuals captured two or more times ranged from 14 to 462 days. persistence of l. mexicana infections averaged 190 days and ranged from 104 to 379 ... | 2003 | 12764430 |
| 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 |
| a longitudinal study of bartonella infection in populations of woodrats and their fleas. | rodent-borne bartonellae have been identified as human pathogens. little is known about bartonella infections in woodrat hosts and their fleas and how woodrat-flea associations may affect the dynamics of bartonella infections. we collected blood samples and fleas from two species of woodrats (neotoma micropus and n. albigula) from santa fe county, nm, from 2002-2005. the most predominant flea species were orchopeas sexdentatus and o. neotomae. bartonella prevalence in woodrats was 64% overall, w ... | 2008 | 19263856 |
| genetic diversity within the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) in southern texas. | genetic diversity within a population of the southern plains woodrat was examined using dna sequences (967 base pairs [bp]) obtained from the control or d-loop region of the mitochondrial genome. one hundred fourteen individuals from 10 collection sites were assigned to 42 haplotypes. haplotype diversity values were moderate to high (0.974 overall and ranged from 0.524 to 0.964 across collecting sites), whereas nucleotide diversity values were low (0.008 overall and ranged from 0.001 to 0.010 ac ... | 2005 | 19890470 |
| molecular evidence for high levels of intrapopulation genetic diversity in woodrats (neotoma micropus). | nucleotide sequences from the mitochondrial control region and genotypes from 5 nuclear microsatellite loci were used to examine genetic structure and infer recent (within approximately the last 3,000 years) evolutionary history of a population (549 individuals) of the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus). observed heterozygosity values ranged from 0.61 to 0.89 across microsatellite loci and systematically were lower than expected heterozygosity values (0.66-0.95). probability of unique id ... | 2007 | 19890482 |
| a molecular examination of relatedness, multiple paternity, and cohabitation of the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus). | two hundred twenty-two individuals of the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) were captured from 198 excavated middens at 10 discrete collecting sites from a single population in south-central texas. field data, mitochondrial d-loop haplotypes, and polymorphic microsatellite loci (5-7) were used to determine genetic patterns in parentage, relatedness, and mating strategy. microsatellite loci were highly polymorphic (average observed heterozygosity = 0.859) and were used to construct genot ... | 2009 | 20011670 |
| besnoitia neotomofelis n. sp. (protozoa: apicomplexa) from the southern plains woodrat ( neotoma micropus). | certain species of the protozoan genus besnoitia cause clinical disease in livestock and wildlife. in the present paper a new species, besnoitia neotomofelis is described from the southern planes woodrat (neotoma micropus). the parasite was detected by bioassay of woodrat tissues in outbred swiss webster mice in an attempt to isolate toxoplasma gondii. initially, the organism was misdiagnosed as t. gondii because it was highly pathogenic for mice and its tachyzoites resembled t. gondii tachyzoit ... | 2010 | 20561393 |
| serological response of cats to experimental besnoitia darlingi and besnoitia neotomofelis infections and prevalence of antibodies to these parasites in cats from virginia and pennsylvania. | abstract besnoitia darlingi and besnoitia neotomofelis are cyst-forming tissue apicomplexan parasites that use domestic cats ( felis domesticus ) as definitive hosts and opossums ( didelphis virginiana ) and southern plains woodrats ( neotoma micropus ) as intermediate hosts, respectively. nothing is known about the prevalence of b. darlingi or b. neotomofelis in cats from the united states. besnoitia darlingi infections have been reported in naturally infected opossums from many states in the u ... | 2011 | 21506782 |
| novel hepatozoon in vertebrates from the southern united states. | abstract novel hepatozoon spp. sequences collected from previously unrecognized vertebrate hosts in north america were compared with documented hepatozoon 18s rrna sequences in an effort to examine phylogenetic relationships between the different hepatozoon organisms found cycling in nature. an approximately 500 base pair fragment of 18s rdna common to hepatozoon spp. and some other apicomplexans was amplified and sequenced from the tissues or blood of 16 vertebrate host species from the souther ... | 2011 | 21506825 |
| besnoitiosis in a southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) from uvalde, texas. | abstract recently, besnoitia neotomofelis was described from a southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) from southern texas. during may 2010, 1 of 55 southern plains woodrats trapped in uvalde county, texas was diagnosed with besnoitiosis. grossly, the woodrat had bilateral swellings of the cheeks and numerous besnoitia sp.-like cysts were observed in the tongue, facial region, musculature of the limbs, and subcutis of the dorsum and flanks. little to no inflammation was noted around cysts. th ... | 2011 | 21524194 |
| genetic characterisation of toxoplasma gondii in wildlife from north america revealed widespread and high prevalence of the fourth clonal type. | little is known of the genetic diversity of toxoplasma gondii circulating in wildlife. in the present study wild animals, including dolphins, from the usa were examined for t. gondii infection. tissues of naturally exposed animals were bioassayed in mice for isolation of viable parasites. viable t. gondii was isolated from 31 animals including, to our knowledge for the first time, from a bald eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus), five gray wolves (canis lupus), a woodrat (neotoma micropus), and five ... | 2011 | 21802422 |
| parasites and vector-borne pathogens of southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) from southern texas. | from 2008 to 2010, southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) from southern texas, were examined for parasites and selected pathogens. eight helminth species were recovered from 97 woodrats including, trichuris neotomae from 78 (prevalence = 80%), ascarops sp. from 42 (43%), nematodirus neotoma from 31 (32%), raillietina sp. from nine (9%), taenia taeniaeformis larvae from eight (8%), and an unidentified spiurid, a scaphiostomum sp. and a zonorchis sp. each from a single woodrat. besnotia neoto ... | 2011 | 22108764 |
| duration of catarina virus infection in the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus). | abstract four adult male, 6 sub-adult, and 7 newborn southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) each were inoculated subcutaneously with 3.1 log(10) median cell culture infectious doses (ccid(50)) of catarina virus strain av a0400135 (virus family arenaviridae). the inoculated animals and the mothers of the newborn animals all became infected and remained asymptomatic. the infections in the adult male woodrats and in the mother woodrats were transient, the infections in 2 (33.3%) of the sub-a ... | 2012 | 22214271 |
| ecology of catarina virus (family arenaviridae) in southern texas, 2001-2004. | a total of 3941 rodents were captured during a 46-month prospective (mark-recapture) study on the ecology of catarina virus in southern texas. antibody reactive against catarina virus was found in 73 (11.9%) of 611 southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) and none of 3330 other rodents; strains of catarina virus were isolated from 6 antibody-negative and 9 antibody-positive southern plains woodrats; and the infections in at least 3 southern plains woodrats were chronic. these results affirm t ... | 2012 | 23210637 |
| southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) from southern texas are important reservoirs of two genotypes of trypanosoma cruzi and host of a putative novel trypanosoma species. | trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of chagas' disease, is an important public health and veterinary pathogen. although human cases are rare in the united states, infections in wildlife, and in some areas domestic dogs, are common. in 2008 and 2010, we investigated t. cruzi prevalence in possible vertebrate reservoirs in southern texas, with an emphasis on southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus). infection status was determined using a combination of culture isolation, polymerase chain re ... | 2013 | 23127189 |
| prevalence of trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs and small mammals in nuevo león, mexico. | chagas disease, caused by the protozoan trypanosoma cruzi, is an important public health concern in areas extending from south america northward into the southern united states of america. although this hemoflagellate has many wild and domestic mammalians reported as reservoir hosts, studies on this subject are scarce in nuevo león state, a region located in northeastern mexico. this cross-sectional study showed that the general prevalence of t. cruzi infection in nuevo león state was 14.5% (35/ ... | 2017 | 28705488 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| multilocus characterization of a woodrat (genus neotoma) hybrid zone. | in order to investigate hybridization between 2 species of woodrats, neotoma floridana and neotoma micropus, 103 specimens were collected, in march of 1988, from a known area of sympatry, and compared with reference collections from areas of allopatry. ten genetic markers, consisting of 7 microsatellite loci, 1 mitochondrial gene (cytochrome-b [cytb]), and 2 nuclear introns (intron 2 of the vertebrate alcohol dehydrogenase gene [adh1-i2] and intron 7 of the beta-fibrinogen gene [fgb-i7]) were us ... | 2017 | 24737782 |
| the effects of nutrition-induced abnormal food metabolism in the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus): comparisons of variations of the western diet. | we investigated the effects of several modifications of the western diet on a medium-sized rodent, neotoma micropus, that lives in the area of the wildland-urban interface. we conducted a laboratory study of the response of n. micropus to high fat-high fructose (hfhf), high fat-high sucrose (hfhs), high fat-low sugar (hflsu) and control (low fat-low sugar) diets. we found a significant increase in hepatic lipid deposition and a significant decrease in podocytes in those animals that consumed the ... | 2015 | 25070181 |
| spines protect plants against browsing by small climbing mammals. | the presence of spines on woody plants has been shown to limit the loss of foliage to large mammalian browsers by restricting both bite size and biting rate. we tested the hypothesis that plant spines are also an effective defense against browsing by small mammals, such as rodents, that climb within the canopy of shrubs to harvest fruits, seeds, and foliage. tame southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) were allowed to harvest raisins impaled on the branches of blackbrush shrubs (acacia rigid ... | 1998 | 28308200 |
| sensitive, quantitative detection of besnoitia darlingi and related parasites in intermediate hosts and to assess felids as definitive hosts for known and as-yet undescribed related parasite species. | besnoitia darlingi, b. neotomofelis and b. oryctofelisi are closely related coccidian parasites with cats as definitive hosts. while b. darlingi uses opossums as intermediate hosts, b. neotomofelis and b. oryctofelisi have been described in southern plains woodrats (neotoma micropus) from the usa and in domestic rabbits from argentina, respectively. a comparison of the internal transcribed spacer-1 (its-1) region of the ribosomal dna (rdna) of these besnoitia spp. showed only a few differences. ... | 2020 | 32042587 |
| molecular detection of leptospira interrogans and borrelia burgdorferi in wild rodents from mexico. | leptospirosis and lyme borreliosis are zoonotic emerging diseases of global importance and wide distribution. the aim of this study was to detect by molecular testing to leptospira interrogans and borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in wild rodents from nuevo leon, quintana roo, and campeche, mexico. this study is the first in report to chaetodipus nelsoni, dipodomys merriami, and peromyscus eremicus infected with l. interrogans in mexico. besides, chaetodipus hispidus, heteromys gaumeri, heteromys ... | 2020 | 32639187 |
| longitudinal study of bacterial infectious agents in a community of small mammals in new mexico. | background and objectives: vector-borne bacterial diseases represent a substantial public health burden and rodents have been recognized as important reservoir hosts for many zoonotic pathogens. this study investigates bacterial pathogens in a small mammal community of the southwestern united states of america. methods: a total of 473 samples from 13 wild rodent and 1 lagomorph species were tested for pathogens of public health significance: bartonella, brucella, yersinia, borrelia, rickettsia s ... | 2020 | 32159462 |