1999
Longitudinal study of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in a population of Peromyscus leucopus at a Lyme disease-enzootic site in Maryland.
Hofmeister E, Ellis B, Glass G, Childs J. Longitudinal study of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in a population of Peromyscus leucopus at a Lyme disease-enzootic site in Maryland. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1999, 60: 598-609. PMID: 10348235, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionB. burgdorferiJuvenile miceCross-sectional sampleEar tissueBorrelia burgdorferi infectionIxodes scapularis ticksInfected miceSusceptible miceChronic infectionOverall prevalenceIncidence rateBurgdorferi infectionHigh riskLower riskInfectionMiceInfected ticksLongitudinal sampleBorrelia burgdorferiScapularis ticksChain reactionBurgdorferiLongitudinal studyIndirect transmission
1997
Patterns of association with host and habitat: antibody reactive with Sin Nombre virus in small mammals in the major biotic communities of the southwestern United States.
Mills J, Ksiazek T, Ellis B, Rollin P, Nichol S, Yates T, Gannon W, Levy C, Engelthaler D, Davis T, Tanda D, Frampton J, Nichols C, Peters C, Childs J. Patterns of association with host and habitat: antibody reactive with Sin Nombre virus in small mammals in the major biotic communities of the southwestern United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1997, 56: 273-84. PMID: 9129529, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiotic communitiesDeer miceSmall mammalsBrush miceWestern harvest miceLower Sonoran DesertMajor biotic communitiesSouthwestern United StatesDesert habitatsMontane forestsHarvest miceSonoran DesertMammalsHabitatsSin Nombre virusHorizontal transmissionClimatic extremesNombre virusInfected deer mice