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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Petersen, Jeannine M. ; Schriefer, Martin E. ; Carter, Leon G. ; Zhou, Yan ; Sealy, Tara ; ... More +
Petersen, Jeannine M. ; Schriefer, Martin E. ; Carter, Leon G. ; Zhou, Yan ; Sealy, Tara ; Bawiec, Darcy ; Yockey, Brook ; Urich, Sandra ; Zeidner, Nordin S. ; Avashia, Swati ; Kool, Jacob L. ; Buck, Jan ; Lindley, Connie ; Celeda, Leos ; Monteneiri, John A. ; Gage, Kenneth L. ; Chu, May C. Less -
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Oropharyngeal tularemia was identified as the cause of a die-off in captured wild prairie dogs at a commercial exotic animal facility in Texas. From this point source, |–infected prairie dogs were traced to animals distributed to the Czech Republic and to a Texas pet shop. | culture isolates were recovered tissue specimens from 63 prairie dogs, including one each from the secondary distribution sites. Molecular and biochemical subtyping indicated that all isolates were | subsp. | (Type B). Microagglutination assays detected antibodies against | with titers as great as 1:4,096 in some live animals. All seropositive animals remained culture positive, suggesting that prairie dogs may act as chronic carriers of |. These findings demonstrate the need for additional studies of tularemia in prairie dogs, given the seriousness of the resulting disease, the fact that prairie dogs are sold commercially as pets, and the risk for pet-to-human transmission.
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Culture-positive Cynomys Ludovicianus Exotic Pets Francisella Tularensis Oropharyngeal Outbreak Prairie Dogs Research Seropositive Tularemia
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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(3):419-425.
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Journal Article
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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