2005
Assessing the role of long-distance translocation and spatial heterogeneity in the raccoon rabies epidemic in Connecticut
Smith D, Waller L, Russell C, Childs J, Real L. Assessing the role of long-distance translocation and spatial heterogeneity in the raccoon rabies epidemic in Connecticut. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2005, 71: 225-240. PMID: 16153724, PMCID: PMC7114108, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersistence of elevated rabies prevention costs following post-epizootic declines in rates of rabies among raccoons (Procyon lotor)
Gordon E, Krebs J, Rupprecht C, Real L, Childs J. Persistence of elevated rabies prevention costs following post-epizootic declines in rates of rabies among raccoons (Procyon lotor). Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2005, 68: 195-222. PMID: 15820116, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpatial Dynamics and Molecular Ecology of North American Rabies
Real L, Russell C, Waller L, Smith D, Childs J. Spatial Dynamics and Molecular Ecology of North American Rabies. Journal Of Heredity 2005, 96: 253-260. PMID: 15677743, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacro-evolutionary time scalesLocal environmental variablesRemarkable model systemEvolutionary geneticsMolecular ecologyHost specificityPopulation ecologySpatial dynamicsAccidental introductionWildlife populationsNorth AmericaRNA virusesPattern of emergenceEnvironmental variablesGenetic heterogeneityEastern United StatesRaccoon populationsModel systemEcologyImportant viral zoonotic diseaseVirginia borderEpidemic expansionRegions of EuropeVirus variantsTemporal occurrence
2000
Mammalian Reservoirs and Epidemiology of Rabies Diagnosed in Human Beings in the United States, 1981‐1998
KREBS J, SMITH J, RUPPRECHT C, CHILDS J. Mammalian Reservoirs and Epidemiology of Rabies Diagnosed in Human Beings in the United States, 1981‐1998. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2000, 916: 345-353. PMID: 11193644, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05311.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Recommendations of a National Working Group on Prevention and Control of Rabies in the United States. Article III: Rabies in wildlife. National Working Group on Rabies Prevention and Control.
Hanlon C, Childs J, Nettles V, _ _. Recommendations of a National Working Group on Prevention and Control of Rabies in the United States. Article III: Rabies in wildlife. National Working Group on Rabies Prevention and Control. Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association 1999, 215: 1612-8. PMID: 14575027, DOI: 10.2460/javma.1999.215.11.1612.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Epidemiology of human rabies in the United States, 1980 to 1996.
Noah D, Drenzek C, Smith J, Krebs J, Orciari L, Shaddock J, Sanderlin D, Whitfield S, Fekadu M, Olson J, Rupprecht C, Childs J. Epidemiology of human rabies in the United States, 1980 to 1996. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1998, 128: 922-30. PMID: 9634432, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-11-199806010-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostexposure prophylaxisHuman rabiesAnimal bitesBat bitesRabies virus variantVirus variantsLaboratory-confirmed casesMedical personnelExposure historyDiagnostic laboratory testsLocal health authoritiesDiagnosis of rabiesRabies virus transmissionInfectious salivaInsignificant woundMost patientsClinical courseClinical featuresClinical presentationDefinite historyAntemortem diagnosisCase reportClinical differencesClinical signsDifferential diagnosis
1997
Molecular epidemiology of rabies in the United States: reemergence of a classical neurotropic agent.
Rupprecht C, Smith J, Krebs J, Childs J. Molecular epidemiology of rabies in the United States: reemergence of a classical neurotropic agent. Journal Of NeuroVirology 1997, 3 Suppl 1: s52-3. PMID: 9179794.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Current issues in rabies prevention in the United States health dilemmas. Public coffers, private interests.
Rupprecht C, Smith J, Krebs J, Niezgoda M, Childs J. Current issues in rabies prevention in the United States health dilemmas. Public coffers, private interests. Public Health Reports 1996, 111: 400-7. PMID: 8837628, PMCID: PMC1381782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, WildCommunicable Disease ControlDisease ReservoirsDogsHumansRabiesRabies virusUnited StatesConceptsHuman rabies deathsDay prophylaxisPublic health costsRabies prophylaxisRabies deathsMedical treatmentAnimal contactDisease preventionHealth dilemmaRabies preventionViral variantsFuture guidelinesAnimal rabies casesHealth costsProphylaxisAnnual human deathsPreventionMajor outbreaksRabies casesAnimal rabiesHuman deathsDeathRabiesYears
1994
The Epidemiology of bat rabies in New York State, 1988–92
Childs J, Trimarchi C, Krebs J. The Epidemiology of bat rabies in New York State, 1988–92. Epidemiology And Infection 1994, 113: 501-511. PMID: 7995360, PMCID: PMC2271321, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800068515.Peer-Reviewed Original Research