Zoonotic vector-borne bacterial pathogens in California Mountain Lions (Puma concolor), 1987-2010

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 913-921

  Girard, Yvette A ^a   Swift, Pamela ^b   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Kasten, Rickie W ^a   Fleer, Katryna ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a   Torres, Steven G ^b   Johnson, Christine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bartonella henselae; Borrelia burgdorferi; California; Francisella tularensis; Mountain lion; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; SEROPREVALENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; LYME DISEASE; PLAGUE; PUMA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FELIS CATUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; PUMA CONCOLOR; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84869009853     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0858     Document Type: Article

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