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The ascendancy of Amblyomma americanum as a vector of pathogens affecting humans in the United StatesJames E Childs
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Annu Rev Entomol 48:307-37. 2003....- Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2002John W Krebs
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 223:1736-48. 2003..California, Tennessee, and Iowa each reported a case of rabies in a human being during 2002. All cases of rabies in humans were the result of infection with bat variants of the rabies virus... - National surveillance and the epidemiology of human Q fever in the United States, 1978-2004Jennifer H McQuiston
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch and Office of the Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:36-40. 2006..Since Q fever became reportable, case reports have increased by more than 250%. Surveillance for Q fever is essential to establish the distribution and magnitude of disease and to complement U.S. bioterrorism preparedness activities... 
Flying squirrel-associated typhus, United StatesMary G Reynolds
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop G13, Atlanta, GA 30338, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1341-3. 2003- Skunk and raccoon rabies in the eastern United States: temporal and spatial analysisMarta A Guerra
Division of Quarantine and Global Migration, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:1143-50. 2003..In areas where the raccoon rabies virus variant is enzootic, spatio-temporal analysis does not provide evidence that this rabies virus variant is currently cycling independently among skunks... - Imported spotted fever rickettsioses in United States travelers returning from Africa: a summary of cases confirmed by laboratory testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999-2002Jennifer H McQuiston
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, and Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:98-101. 2004.... - Rabies among infrequently reported mammalian carnivores in the United States, 1960-2000John W Krebs
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Road MS G13, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Wildl Dis 39:253-61. 2003..Variants of the rabies virus in samples from mongooses in Puerto Rico could not be distinguished from those in samples from dogs in Puerto Rico by virus typing methods... - Q fever in humans and animals in the United StatesJennifer H McQuiston
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2:179-91. 2002.... - Trends in national surveillance for rabies among bats in the United States (1993-2000)Alison M Mondul
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 222:633-9. 2003..Results were in general agreement with those of previous studies conducted within smaller geographic regions. There are ongoing efforts to improve surveillance of rabies in bats, although surveillance is incomplete in some regions... - Unifying the spatial population dynamics and molecular evolution of epidemic rabies virusLeslie A Real
Department of Biology and Center for Disease Ecology, 1510 Clifton Road, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:12107-11. 2005..The use of integrated approaches, such as the geographical analysis of sequence variants, coupled with information on spatial dynamics will become indispensable aids in understanding patterns of disease emergence... - Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2001John W Krebs
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 221:1690-701. 2002..3% (15 to 13). One case of rabies in a human being reported by California during 2001 was the result of infection with a canine variant of the rabies virus acquired outside the United States... - Dynamics of oliveros virus infection in rodents in central ArgentinaJames N Mills
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 7:315-23. 2007..Infection may have been associated with scars, which were also approximately equally distributed among male and female Necromys... - National surveillance for the human ehrlichioses in the United States, 1997-2001, and proposed methods for evaluation of data qualityStacy L Gardner
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:80-9. 2003..Methods are proposed for evaluating the quality and representativeness of HME and HGE surveillance data, using well-established surveillance systems for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease... - Passive surveillance as an instrument to identify risk factors for fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever: is there more to learn?James E Childs
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:450-7. 2002..Modified surveillance activities could focus on evaluating the risk for fatal RMSF among special populations, monitoring appropriate antibiotic use, and assessing new diagnostic tests... - Q feverJennifer H McQuiston
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 221:796-9. 2002 - Ehrlichia chaffeensis: a prototypical emerging pathogenChristopher D Paddock
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 16:37-64. 2003..americanum, and improvements in confirmatory diagnostic methods, are also explored... - Rickettsialpox in New York City: a persistent urban zoonosisChristopher D Paddock
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:36-44. 2003.... - Serologic evidence for a novel Ehrlichia species in woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USAWilliam L Nicholson
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:90-3. 2003 - Short report: concurrent Rocky Mountain spotted fever in a dog and its ownerChristopher D Paddock
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:197-9. 2002..Previous reports of concurrent RMSF in dogs and their owners are reviewed, and the epidemiologic significance of this occurrence is discussed... - Assessing the magnitude of fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States: comparison of two national data sourcesChristopher D Paddock
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, and Office of the Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:349-54. 2002.... - Hantavirus and arenavirus antibodies in persons with occupational rodent exposureCharles F Fulhorst
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555 0609, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:532-8. 2007..These results suggest that risk for infection with hantaviruses or arenaviruses usually is low in persons whose occupations entail close physical contact with neotomine or sigmodontine rodents in North America... - Pseudoepidemic of Q fever at an animal research facilityLisa A Conti
Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 4:343-350. 2004..This pseudoepidemic resulted from a lapse in laboratory quality control for testing. Similar errors can be avoided through standardization and improved review of laboratory procedures... - A priori prediction of disease invasion dynamics in a novel environmentColin A Russell
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 271:21-5. 2004..These results have general implications for predicting future pathogen invasions and evaluating potential containment strategies... - Environmental and human demographic features associated with epizootic raccoon rabies in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and VirginiaMeghan E Jones
Community Health Assessment and Service Evaluation Unit, Northeast Health District, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA
J Wildl Dis 39:869-74. 2003..1, 0.9)]. A combination of land use and human population density measures provided the best model for determining epizootic size and may be important predictors of epizootic behavior and risk of exposure to this reservoir species... - Serologic evidence of infection with granulocytic ehrlichiae in black bears in PennsylvaniaSharon M Schultz
Department of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701, USA
J Wildl Dis 38:47-53. 2002..This is the first description of antibodies reactive to the HGE agent in black bears and suggests these mammals are infected with the agent of HGE or an antigenically related ehrlichial species... - Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophila in cervids from Slovenia: evidence of two genotypic lineagesMiroslav Petrovec
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wien Klin Wochenschr 114:641-7. 2002..In order to assess the possibility that roe and red deer in Slovenia serve as potential reservoir hosts for A. phagocytophila, materials from both species were examined... - Predicting the spatial dynamics of rabies epidemics on heterogeneous landscapesDavid L Smith
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, 115 Howard Hall, 660 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:3668-72. 2002.... - Predictive spatial dynamics and strategic planning for raccoon rabies emergence in OhioColin A Russell
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
PLoS Biol 3:e88. 2005.... - Rickettsiology: present and future directions: prefaceKarim E Hechemy
Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12208, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:xvii-xx. 2003 - Bats: important reservoir hosts of emerging virusesCharles H Calisher
Arthropod Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 19:531-45. 2006..From these summaries, it is clear that we do not know enough about bat biology; we are doing too little in terms of bat conservation; and there remain a multitude of questions regarding the role of bats in disease emergence... - Ecological factors associated with West Nile virus transmission, northeastern United StatesHeidi E Brown
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1539-45. 2008..75 cases/100,000 residents) than counties with the most (>70%) forest cover. These results quantify urbanization as a risk factor for WNV disease incidence and are consistent with knowledge of vector species in this area...