A microbiologic study of the urban gray squirrel.
Bacteriologic, virologic, and serologic examinations were conducted on 180 urban gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) during a 1-year period in a metropolitan area. Evidence was not found of infections with leptospires, enteric or other bacteria, rickettsial agents, Francisella tularensis, or arthropod-borne viruses. The squirrels were remarkably free of evidence of bacterial or viral infections of importance to man and lower animals.
D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification