Leptospirosis in fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) of Larimer County, Colorado, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 641-645

  Dirsmith, Katherine ^a   VanDalen, Kaci ^b   Fry, Tricia ^b   Charles, Brad ^a   VerCauteren, Kurt ^b   Duncan, Colleen ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Squirrel; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

COLORADO; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SQUIRREL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 84879171829     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-10-265     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Al Saadi M, Post G. 1976. Rodent leptospirosis in Colorado. J Wildl Dis 12:315-317.
2. Bharti A.R., Nally J, Ricaldi J, Matthias M, Diaz MM, Lovett M.A., Levett PN, Gilman RH, Willig MR, Gotuzzo E., et al. 2003. Leptospirosis: A zoonotic disease of global importance. Lancet Infect Dis 3:757-771.
3. Duncan C., Krafsur G, Podell B, Baeten LA. 2012. Leptospirosis and tularaemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor) of Larimer County, Colorado. Zoonoses Public Health 59:29-34.
4. Gautam R., Guptill LF, Wu CC, Potter A, Moore GE. 2010. Spatial and spatio-temporal clustering of overall and serovar-specific Leptospira microscopic agglutination test (MAT) seropositivity among dogs in the United States from 2000 through 2007. Prev Vet Med 96:122-131.
5. Lau C., Smythe L, Weinstein P. 2009. Leptospirosis: an emerging disease in travelers. Travel Med Infect Dis 8:33-39.
6. Masuzawa T., Okamoto Y, Une Y, Takeuchi T. 2006. Leptospirosis in squirrels imported from United States to Japan. Emerg Infect Dis 12:1153-1155.
7. Monahan A.M., Callanan JJ, Nally JE. 2009. Review paper: Host-pathogen interactions in the kidney during chronic leptospirosis. Vet Pathol 46:792-799.
8. Roberts JR. 1972. Factors influencing growth, virulence, viability, and antigenicity of Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae. MS Thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 310 pp.
9. Richardson D.J., Gauthier JL. 2003. A serosurvey of leptospirosis in Connecticut peridomestic wildlife. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 3:187-193.
10. Veir J. 2009. Take a new look at canine lepto in Colorado. Colo Vet Med Assoc Voice 2. http:// www.colovma.com/associations/2956/files/CVMA%20Voice%20Lepto%20story_FIN.pdf. Accessed February 2013.