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 disease persistence and transmission.
Bevins
Sarah N
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Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1619, USA. bevins@lamar.colostate.edu
Tracey
Jeff A
JA
Franklin
Sam P
SP
Schmit
Virginia L
VL
Macmillan
Martha L
ML
Gage
Kenneth L
KL
Schriefer
Martin E
ME
Logan
Kenneth A
KA
Sweanor
Linda L
LL
Alldredge
Mat W
MW
Krumm
Caroline
C
Boyce
Walter M
WM
Vickers
Winston
W
Riley
Seth P D
SP
Lyren
Lisa M
LM
Boydston
Erin E
EE
Fisher
Robert N
RN
Roelke
Melody E
ME
Salman
Mo
M
Crooks
Kevin R
KR
Vandewoude
Sue
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D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003120:Colorado; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D046008:Lynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010930:Plague / Q000635:transmission*; D046011:Puma / Q000382:microbiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial