Sylvatic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys volans) in New York State, United States
| Autor: | Brian R Laniewicz, Jennifer L. White, Dennis J. White, Melissa A. Prusinski, Christina Egan, William L. Nicholson, Sandor E. Karpathy, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, P. Bryon Backenson, Maureen A. Conlon, Marina E. Eremeeva, Gregory A. Dasch, Susan J. Wong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Disease reservoir Veterinary medicine animal structures New York Disease cluster Microbiology Serology Young Adult Seroepidemiologic Studies Zoonoses Virology medicine Animals Humans Seroprevalence Rickettsia prowazekii Disease Reservoirs biology Sciuridae Middle Aged bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Glaucomys volans Infectious Diseases Immunoglobulin G Etiology bacteria Female Typhus Epidemic Louse-Borne Typhus Demography |
| Zdroj: | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14:240-244 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7759 1530-3667 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/vbz.2013.1392 |
| Popis: | Sylvatic typhus is an infrequent, potentially life-threatening emerging zoonotic disease. In January of 2009, the New York State Department of Health was notified of a familial cluster of two suspected cases. Due to the paucity of typhus cases in New York, epidemiologic and environmental investigations were conducted to establish rickettsial etiology and determine potential sources of infection. Patients presented with symptoms consistent with typhus, and serologic testing of each patient confirmed infection with typhus group rickettsiae. Serologic analysis of blood obtained from southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) captured from the attic crawlspace above an enclosed front porch of the cases' residence indicated evidence of infection with Rickettsia prowazekii, with 100% seroprevalence (n=11). Both patients reported spending significant time on the porch and hearing animal activity above the ceiling prior to onset of illness, implicating these flying squirrels as the likely source of infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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