2000
Experimental evidence of host specificity of Bartonella infection in rodents
Kosoy M, Saito E, Green D, Marston E, Jones D, Childs J. Experimental evidence of host specificity of Bartonella infection in rodents. Comparative Immunology Microbiology And Infectious Diseases 2000, 23: 221-238. PMID: 11038125, DOI: 10.1016/s0147-9571(99)00075-2.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
1995
Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site
Hofmeister E, Childs J. Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1995, 172: 462-469. PMID: 7622890, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.2.462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEAR BIOPSY LOCATION INFLUENCES DETECTION OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI BY PCR, BUT NOT BY CULTURE IN NATURALLY INFECTED PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS
Hofmeister E, Childs J. EAR BIOPSY LOCATION INFLUENCES DETECTION OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI BY PCR, BUT NOT BY CULTURE IN NATURALLY INFECTED PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 1995, 31: 345-351. PMID: 8592355, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-31.3.345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEar biopsy samplesPolymerase chain reactionBiopsy samplesBiopsy locationB. burgdorferiBorrelia burgdorferiInfected micePeripheral samplesIndividual miceInfection statusMore tissue samplesMiceTissue samplesHigh concordanceChain reactionOrgan cultureBurgdorferiGreater frequencyEar samplesWhite-footed miceEnzootic areaEarCentral sample
1991
Using exotic antigens to measure reproduction and dispersal in Peromyscus leucopus
Glass G, Korch G, Gomez J, Childs J. Using exotic antigens to measure reproduction and dispersal in Peromyscus leucopus. Canadian Journal Of Zoology 1991, 69: 528-530. DOI: 10.1139/z91-079.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
Serologic evidence of hantaviral infections within small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland: spatial and temporal patterns and host range.
Korch G, Childs J, Glass G, Rossi C, LeDuc J. Serologic evidence of hantaviral infections within small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland: spatial and temporal patterns and host range. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1989, 41: 230-40. PMID: 2570533, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1989.41.230.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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