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| Nicole M NemethSummaryAffiliation: Colorado State University Country: USA Publications
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Natural and experimental West Nile virus infection in five raptor speciesNicole Nemeth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
J Wildl Dis 42:1-13. 2006..We recommend that raptor handlers consider raptors as a potential source of WNV contamination due to oral and cloacal shedding...- Cross-protection between West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)Nicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, 3801 West Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Avian Dis 53:421-5. 2009..As WNV is endemic throughout much of North America, WNV immunity among birds may dampen transmission while complicating the serologic diagnosis of JEV, should this pathogen be introduced to North America... - West Nile virus detection in nonvascular feathers from avian carcassesNicole M Nemeth
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 21:616-22. 2009.... - Prevalence of antibodies to West Nile virus and other arboviruses among Crested Caracaras (Caracara cheriway) in FloridaNicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
J Wildl Dis 45:817-22. 2009..Knowledge of arboviral infection among Florida's Crested Caracara, which is both state and federally threatened, is valuable considering increasing pressure on this population from rapid and extensive habitat alterations... 
Humoral immunity to West Nile virus is long-lasting and protective in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)Nicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:864-9. 2009..A better understanding of the long-term immunity and mortality rates in birds is valuable in interpreting serosurveillance and diagnostic data and modeling transmission and disease dynamics...- Clinical evaluation and outcomes of naturally acquired West Nile virus infection in raptorsNicole M Nemeth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 40:51-63. 2009..WNV has potentially devastating effects on raptors; however, rehabilitation of WNV-infected raptors can lead to positive outcomes, even for those having had severe neurologic disease... - Passive immunity to West Nile virus provides limited protection in a common passerine speciesNicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1683, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:283-90. 2008..Although the observed duration of persistence of passively inherited anti-WNV antibodies in house sparrows differs from some non-passerine birds, it remains unknown whether similar patterns occur in other passerines... 
Naturally induced humoral immunity to West Nile virus infection in raptorsNicole M Nemeth
Arbovirus Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Ecohealth 5:298-304. 2008..Antibodies in raptors surviving WNV may persist for multiple years and protect against potential adverse effects of subsequent exposures...- Serosurveillance for Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses in resident birds in Hawai'iNicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, 3801 W Rampart Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
J Wildl Dis 46:659-64. 2010..Therefore, it is important to monitor for the presence of these viruses... - Surveillance for West Nile virus in clinic-admitted raptors, ColoradoNicole Nemeth
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1683, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 13:305-7. 2007..WNV surveillance using live raptor admissions to rehabilitation clinics may offer a novel surveillance method and should be considered along with other techniques already in use... - Avian mortality surveillance for West Nile virus in ColoradoNicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:431-7. 2007..VecTest using oral swabs was most sensitive for American crow, black-billed magpie, house finch, house sparrow, and American kestrel. Wildlife rehabilitation centers should be recruited to enhance WNV surveillance... - Dynamics of passive immunity to West Nile virus in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)Nicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1683, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:310-7. 2007..There were significant age-related differences in WNV-attributed morbidity and viremia levels of unprotected chicks. Vertical transmission of WNV was not detected... - Experimental infection of cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) with varying doses of West Nile virusPaul T Oesterle
United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:1159-64. 2009..4) PFU/swab. These results suggest that cliff swallows are competent reservoir hosts of WNV and therefore, they may play a role in early seasonal amplification and maintenance of WNV... - Experimental infection of fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) with West Nile virusJ Jeffrey Root
United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:697-701. 2006..In addition, viral RNA in the oral cavity and feces indicate that this species could contribute to alternative WNV transmission in suburban communities... - Experimental infections with West Nile virusRichard A Bowen
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 20:293-7. 2007.... - Experimental infection of raccoons (Procyon lotor) with West Nile virusJ Jeffrey Root
United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:803-7. 2010..Considering their behavioral ecology, including repeated use of same-site latrines, high levels of fecal shedding could potentially lead to interspecies fecal-oral WNV transmission... - Experimental West Nile virus infection in Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio)Nicole M Nemeth
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
Avian Dis 50:252-8. 2006..WNV is a significant pathogen of EASOs, causing pathologic lesions with varying clinical outcomes... - Persistent West Nile virus infection in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)Nicole Nemeth
National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Arch Virol 154:783-9. 2009..Chronicity of WNV infection in some tissues, but not blood, supports the predation mechanism of WNV overwintering, but not recrudescence. RNA persistence impacts interpretation and etiologic determination of avian mortality... - Shedding and serologic responses following primary and secondary inoculation of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) with low-pathogenicity avian influenza virusNicole M Nemeth
USDA APHIS WS National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Avian Pathol 39:411-8. 2010.... - Removal of species constraints in antibody detectionAlison Jane Basile
Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 17:56-61. 2010..Agent-specific adaptations of this simple format should facilitate expanded surveillance and diagnostic capabilities regarding pathogens of human and veterinary importance... - Experimental infection of North American birds with the New York 1999 strain of West Nile virusNicholas Komar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:311-22. 2003..Persistent WNV infections were found in tissues of 16 surviving birds. Our observations shed light on transmission ecology of WNV and will benefit surveillance and control programs... - Cliff swallows, swallow bugs, and West Nile virus: an unlikely transmission mechanismPaul Oesterle
National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10:507-13. 2010.... - DNA vaccination of the American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) provides partial protection against lethal challenge with West Nile virusMichel L Bunning
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1300 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Avian Dis 51:573-7. 2007..Peak viremia titers in the birds that survived were significantly lower as compared to titers in birds that died. Parenteral administration of a WNV DNA vaccine was associated with reduced mortality but did not provide sterile immunity... - Experimental exposure of swallow bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) to West Nile virusPaul Oesterle
National Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
J Med Entomol 47:897-901. 2010..These results suggest that swallow bugs may not be competent vectors of WNV, and therefore are unlikely to play a significant role in transmission... - Passive West Nile virus antibody transfer from maternal Eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio) to progenyD C Hahn
U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
Avian Dis 50:454-5. 2006..Demonstrating that WNV antibodies are passively transferred transovarially is important for accurate interpretation of serologic data from young birds...