2016
The Role of Bats as Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Neuroviruses
Mackenzie J, Childs J, Field H, Wang L, Breed A. The Role of Bats as Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Neuroviruses. 2016, 403-454. PMCID: PMC7123318, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33189-8_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbility of batsReservoir hostsAnimal virus familiesRole of batsTransmission cycleOnly mammalsAlternative hostsEcological factorsHost virusesNew genusVirus familiesBroad diversityVirus dispersalBatsSpillover hostsFamily ParamyxoviridaeWide diversityDispersalNovel virusHostSt Louis encephalitis virusNipah virusDiversityGenetic factorsRecent studies
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
2002
Public Health Surveillance and the Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies
Childs J, Krebs J, Smith J. Public Health Surveillance and the Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies. 2002, 273-312. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1157-1_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRabies virusHuman rabies infectionsPublic health surveillancePublic health consequencesRabies infectionHealth surveillanceMolecular epidemiologyHealth consequencesMore dogsImportant reservoir hostsZoonotic diseaseDogsIndirect human influencesRabiesVirus maintenanceReservoir hostsBiologic processesHistorical importanceHuman deathsCompanion animalsCurrent geographical distributionHuman influencePrime exampleEpidemiologyInfection
1999
Rats of the Genus Rattus are Reservoir Hosts for Pathogenic Bartonella Species: An Old World Origin for a New World Disease?
Ellis B, Regnery R, Beati L, Bacellar F, Rood M, Glass G, Marston E, Ksiazek T, Jones D, Childs J. Rats of the Genus Rattus are Reservoir Hosts for Pathogenic Bartonella Species: An Old World Origin for a New World Disease? The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1999, 180: 220-224. PMID: 10353885, DOI: 10.1086/314824.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis
Dawson J, Stallknecht D, Howerth E, Warner C, Biggie K, Davidson W, Lockhart J, Nettles V, Olson J, Childs J. Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1994, 32: 2725-2728. PMID: 7852563, PMCID: PMC264150, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.11.2725-2728.1994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman ehrlichiosisE. canisE. chaffeensisEtiologic agentAbsence of seroconversionEhrlichia chaffeensisMacrophage-type cellsE. chaffeensis infectionLymph nodesPeripheral bloodClinical diseaseDay 10InfectionEhrlichia canisEhrlichiosisAntibodiesWhite-tailed deerChaffeensisNegative controlCanisReservoir hostsCompetent reservoirsWeeksTick vectorSeroconversion