Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States

Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations of pumas and bobcats in the western United States. High levels of exposure in plague-endemic regions indicate the need to consider the ecology and pathobiology of plague in nondomestic felid hosts to better understand the role of these species in di...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 2021 - 2024
Main Authors:	Bevins, Sarah N, Tracey, Jeff A, Franklin, Sam P, Schmit, Virginia L, Macmillan, Martha L, Gage, Kenneth L, Schriefer, Martin E, Logan, Kenneth A, Sweanor, Linda L, Alldredge, Mat W, Krumm, Caroline, Boyce, Walter M, Vickers, Winston, Riley, Seth P D, Lyren, Lisa M, Boydston, Erin E, Fisher, Robert N, Roelke, Melody E, Salman, Mo, Crooks, Kevin R, Vandewoude, Sue
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-12-2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Animals Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Colorado Disease ecology Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Health aspects Humans Infection Lynx - microbiology Lynx rufus Plague Plague - transmission Puma - microbiology Puma concolor Seroepidemiologic Studies Yersinia pestis Yersinia pestis - immunology Yersinia pestis - isolation & purification zoonoses Colorado
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Summary:	Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations of pumas and bobcats in the western United States. High levels of exposure in plague-endemic regions indicate the need to consider the ecology and pathobiology of plague in nondomestic felid hosts to better understand the role of these species in disease persistence and transmission.
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ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1512.090526