Root, J Jeffrey, McLean, Robert G, Slate, Dennis, MacCarthy, Kathleen A, Osorio, Jorge E
Abstract Background The USDA, Wildlife Services cooperative oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program uses a live vaccinia virus-vectored (genus Orthopoxvirus ) vaccine, Raboral V-RG ® (V-RG), to...
The Introduction and Emergence of Wildlife Diseases in North America (2007)
Contents: Specific Invasive and Emerging Wildlife Diseases: West Nile Virus, Hantavirus, Lyme Disease, Monkeypox, Raccoon Rabies Foreign Wildlife Diseases That Could Invade the United States: Highly...
SHORT REPORT: FOX SQUIRREL (SCIURUS NIGER) ASSOCIATIONS WITH WEST NILE VIRUS (2007)
Root, J. Jeffrey, Oesterle, Paul T., Sullivan, Heather J., Hall, Jeffrey S., Marlenee, Nicole L., McLean, Robert G., ...
Tree squirrels (Sciurus spp.) have been recently shown to be commonly exposed to West Nile virus (WNV). Many characteristics of WNV infections in tree squirrels are unknown. To better understand WNV...
RESEARCH STRATEGIES TO REDUCE BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMISSION FROM WILDLIFE TO CATTLE (2007)
Brentensen, Are R., Dunbar, Mike R., McLean, Robert G.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonotic disease caused by Mycobaterium bovis, and is transmissible to humans, wildlife and domestic livestock. In the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan,...
McLean, Robert G., Hall, Jeffrey S., Franklin, Alan B., Sullivan, Heather, Vandalen, Kaci, Shriner, Susan, ...
All subtypes of influenza Type A viruses infect wild birds, especially waterfowl and shorebirds, but rarely cause disease or mortality in these aquatic species. Aquatic birds are the natural...
WEST NILE VIRUS IN NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS (2006)
Following the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) into the United States, in New York City in 1999, from its historical range in the eastern hemisphere, this mosquito-borne virus caused an intense...
Root, Jeffrey, Hall, Jeffrey S., McLean, Robert G., Marlenee, Nicole L., Beaty, Barry J., Gansowski, Justin, ...
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...
West Nile Virus: Impact on Crow Populations in the United States (2004)
Since the introduction of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus (WNV) into New York City (NYC) in 1999, it has expanded westward across the North American continent in an unprecedented fashion, taking...
West Nile Virus: Emerging Threat to Public Health and Animal Health (2003)
West Nile virus (WNV) is in the genus Flavivirus, family Flavioiridae, and is closely related to other members of this genus: Japanese encephalitis virus in Southeast Asia, Murray Valley encephalitis...
West Nile Virus and Wildlife Health (2003)
Marra, Peter P., Griffing, Sean M., McLean, Robert G.
The West Nile Virus and Wildlife Health Workshop, hosted by the Smithsonian Institution, National Audubon Society, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, was held February 5-7,...
A REVIEW OF PATHOGENS OF AGRICULTURAL AND HUMAN HEALTH INTEREST FOUND IN BLACKBIRDS (2003)
Clark, Larry, McLean, Robert G.
Because of their numbers and close association with humans and agriculture. the role of blackbirds in disease transmission has been of concern. Unfortunately fear systematic and quantitative studies...
THE EMERGENCE OF MAJOR AVIAN DISEASES IN NORTH AMERICA: WEST NILE VIRUS AND MORE (2003)
Some major diseases of wild birds have emerged dramatically in North America recently due in part to the rapid global movement of animals and pathogens and major changes in the size, quality, and...
Wildlife Diseases: Crying Wolf or Crying Shame? (2002)
Diseases of North American wildlife are causing serious problems for wildlife, and some wildlife diseases pose health threats to humans and domestic animals. Information will be presented at this...
West Nile Virus: A Threat to North American Avian Species (2002)
West Nile virus (WNV) was introduced into the United States (US), specifically in New York City (NYC), in 1999; this translocation represented a major shift out of its normal geographical...
DISEASE EMERGENCE IN BIRDS: CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (2001)
Friend, Milton, McLean, Robert G., Dein, F. Joshua
Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) conjunctivitis is an example of the rapid geographic spread that can result from disease emergence in naive populations. That event was neither novel nor transient...
What will the disease issues of the future be? (2000)
The major categories of diseases of the future involving wildlife are zoonotic diseases of public health importance, domestic animal diseases of economic importance, and wildlife diseases and health...
Epidemic Leptospirosis Associated with Pulmonary Hemorrhage--Nicaragua, 1995 (1998)
Trevejo, Rosalie T., Rigau-Pérez, José G., Ashford, David A., McClure, Emily M., JarquÃn-González, Carlos, Amador, Juan J., ...
In October 1995, epidemic "hemorrhagic fever," without jaundice or renal manifestations, was reported in rural Nicaragua following heavy flooding; 2259 residents were evaluated for nonmalarial...
WILDLIFE DISEASES AND HUMANS (1994)
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS Directly Transmitted Diseases: Rabies Hantavirus Trichinosis Mosquito-borne Encephalitis Tick-borne Diseases: Colorado Tick Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Tick-borne Typhus)...
AVIAN HOSTS OF ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS (1979)
McLean, Robert G., Scott, Thomas W.
St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus normally infects birds and is transmitted between birds by mosquito vectors. Thus it is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus). SLE virus is found throughout the...
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Influenza Infection in Wild Raccoons
Hall, Jeffrey S., Bentler, Kevin T., Landolt, Gabrielle, Elmore, Stacey A., Minnis, Richard B., Campbell, Tyler A., ...
Raccoons can transmit avian and human influenza Influenza Infection in Wild Raccoons