Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States

S.N. Bevins; J.A. Tracey; S.P. Franklin; V.L. Schmit; M.L. MacMillan; K.L. Gage; M.E. Schriefer; K.A. Logan; L.L. Sweanor; M.W. Alldredge; C. Krumm; W.M. Boyce; W. Vickers; S.P.D. Riley; L.M. Lyren; E. E. Boydston; Robert N. Fisher; M.E. Roelke; M. Salman; K.R. Crooks; S. VandeWoude

doi:10.3201/eid1512.090526

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Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States

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Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations 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 nondomestic felid hosts to better understand the role of these species in disease persistence and transmission.

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S.N. Bevins, J.A. Tracey, S.P. Franklin, V.L. Schmit, M.L. MacMillan, K.L. Gage, M.E. Schriefer, K.A. Logan, L.L. Sweanor, M.W. Alldredge, C. Krumm, W.M. Boyce, W. Vickers, S.P.D. Riley, L.M. Lyren, E. E. Boydston, Robert N. Fisher, M.E. Roelke, M. Salman, K.R. Crooks, S. VandeWoude. 2009. Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.090526

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