2001
Persistent infection in Neotoma fuscipes (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with Ehrlichia phagocytophila sensu lato.
Castro M, Nicholson W, Kramer V, Childs J. Persistent infection in Neotoma fuscipes (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with Ehrlichia phagocytophila sensu lato. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2001, 65: 261-7. PMID: 11693866, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialArachnid VectorsBase SequenceBorrelia burgdorferiCaliforniaDisease ReservoirsDNA, BacterialEhrlichiaEhrlichiosisFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHeat-Shock ProteinsHumansIxodesMaleMicePolymerase Chain ReactionRatsRodent DiseasesSeasonsSeroepidemiologic StudiesSigmodontinaeZoonosesConceptsPolymerase chain reaction testingGroESL heat shock operonPersistent infectionReaction testingRatsE. phagocytophilaLyme diseaseBorrelia burgdorferiMiceSeropositive animalsDusky-footed wood ratsPCRWood ratsSeroreversionSensu latoSeroconversionSeropositiveBiopsySerologySeroreactivityInfectionDiseaseBloodAdult Ixodes pacificus CooleySerum
2000
Primary Isolation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Patients with Febrile Illnesses: Clinical and Molecular Characteristics
Standaert S, Yu T, Scott M, Childs J, Paddock C, Nicholson W, Singleton J, Blaser M. Primary Isolation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Patients with Febrile Illnesses: Clinical and Molecular Characteristics. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2000, 181: 1082-1088. PMID: 10720534, DOI: 10.1086/315346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymerase chain reactionE. chaffeensisCerebrospinal fluid specimensCultures of bloodHigh diagnostic yieldEhrlichia chaffeensisPrimary isolationFebrile illnessDiagnostic titerBlood isolatesDiagnostic yieldTick exposureSame patientCerebrospinal fluidPatientsFluid specimensDiagnostic testsFrequent isolationBloodChain reactionChaffeensisInfectionMolecular characteristicsMolecular analysisIsolates
1999
An investigation into the possibility of transmission of tick‐borne pathogens via blood transfusion
Arguin P, Singleton J, Rotz L, Marston E, Treadwell T, Slater K, Chamberland M, Schwartz A, Tengelsen L, Olson J, Childs J, Force T. An investigation into the possibility of transmission of tick‐borne pathogens via blood transfusion. Transfusion 1999, 39: 828-833. PMID: 10504117, DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39080828.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Guard personnelTick-borne pathogensOnset of symptomsPossibility of transmissionBlood transfusionProbable infectionRisk factorsMultistate investigationBlood samplesProbable casesNational Guard membersStudy designBlood componentsTick-borne diseasesIllnessRecipientsSymptomsInfectionBlood drivesGuard membersBloodVoluntary recallTransfusionFeverPathogensAn outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998.
Ellis B, Rotz L, Leake J, Samalvides F, Bernable J, Ventura G, Padilla C, Villaseca P, Beati L, Regnery R, Childs J, Olson J, Carrillo C. An outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1999, 61: 344-9. PMID: 10463692, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.344.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
ISOLATION OF BARTONELLA SPP. FROM EMBRYOS AND NEONATES OF NATURALLY INFECTED RODENTS
Kosoy M, Regnery R, Kosaya O, Jones D, Marston E, Childs J. ISOLATION OF BARTONELLA SPP. FROM EMBRYOS AND NEONATES OF NATURALLY INFECTED RODENTS. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 1998, 34: 305-309. PMID: 9577777, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibodies, BacterialBacteremiaBartonellaBartonella InfectionsCitrate (si)-SynthaseColony Count, MicrobialEmbryo, MammalianFemaleFetal DiseasesInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPeromyscusPhylogenyPlacentaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRodent DiseasesSigmodontinae