2008
The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses
MacKenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses. 2008, 382-406. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541728.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrder ChiropteraReservoir hostsMammalian species richnessRole of batsSpecies richnessMammalian speciesRelated lyssavirusesWorld fruitBatsHuman pathogensMenangle virusChiropteraZoonotic virusesWide distributionPotential pathogensHostBiological featuresAbundanceLike virusesSARS coronavirusPathogensVirusRichnessVirus transmissionSuborders
2004
Zoonotic viruses of wildlife: hither from yon
Childs J. Zoonotic viruses of wildlife: hither from yon. Archives Of Virology. Supplementa 2004, 1-11. PMID: 15119758, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0572-6_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZoonotic virusesCross-species virus transmissionImportant zoonotic virusesCross-species transmissionSubsequent disease outbreaksWest Nile virusEvolutionary factorsVirus adaptationWildlife diseasesSpillover hostsVirus emergenceWildlife reservoir hostsRecent discoveryReservoir hostsNipah virusHostNile virusInter-species contactVirusDisease outbreaksVirus transmissionSpeciesWildlifeHendraEpidemic emergence
2003
4 Epidemiology
Childs J. 4 Epidemiology. 2003, 113-162. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012379077-4/50006-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRabies virusAnimal reservoirsSubsequent human infectionSource of virusHuman rabiesInfectious disease epidemiologyHerd immunityEpidemiology of rabiesHuman infectionsVirus perpetuationInfectious diseasesEpidemiologySusceptible animalsVirus transmissionVirusViral progenyDisease epidemiologySusceptible hostsLyssavirus genusInfectionVirus maintenanceRabiesAnimalsHumansAnimal species
1999
Long-Term Studies of Hantavirus Reservoir Populations in the Southwestern United States: A Synthesis - Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Mills J, Ksiazek T, Peters C, Childs J. Long-Term Studies of Hantavirus Reservoir Populations in the Southwestern United States: A Synthesis - Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1999, 5: 135-142. PMID: 10081681, PMCID: PMC2627702, DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious Diseases journal - CDCAdult male rodentsPrevalence of infectionPattern of infectionHigh prevalencePersistent infectionOld miceHantavirus infectionMale rodentsHantavirus antibodiesInfectionMeasurable associationHantavirus transmissionPrevalenceHantavirus reservoir populationsVirus transmissionTerm studiesHorizontal transmissionInfection dynamicsUnited StatesRodentsReservoir populationsPopulationAssociationImportant differences
1987
Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland.
Childs J, Glass G, Korch G, LeDuc J. Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1987, 37: 648-62. PMID: 2891308, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1987.37.648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh IFA titersProspective seroepidemiological studyIndirect fluorescent antibody titersFluorescent antibody titersEvidence of transmissionTransmission of hantavirusesIndividual blood samplesAntibody titersSeroepidemiological studyIncidence rateAntibody prevalenceBlood samplesIFA titersMean incidenceRatsVirus transmissionHantavirusesMature animalsWhite-footed miceMiceTitersMonthsRodents