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
1999
EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF COTTON RATS WITH THREE NATURALLY OCCURRING BARTONELLA SPECIES
Kosoy M, Regnery R, Kosaya O, Childs J. EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF COTTON RATS WITH THREE NATURALLY OCCURRING BARTONELLA SPECIES. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 1999, 35: 275-284. PMID: 10231754, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCotton ratsHigh dosesLow dosesBartonella sppHigh IgG titersHumoral immune responseHigh antibody titersGroups of ratsKinetics of infectionChallenge antigenIgG titersAntibody titersDetectable bacteremiaSecondary challengeImmune responseLow doseHigh doseHigher bacteremiaBacteremiaExperimental infectionSame rodent speciesRatsEvidence of resistanceInactivated bacteriaPeak bacteremia
1998
Black Creek Canal Virus infection in Sigmodon hispidus in southern Florida.
Glass G, Livingstone W, Mills J, Hlady W, Fine J, Biggler W, Coke T, Frazier D, Atherley S, Rollin P, Ksiazek T, Peters C, Childs J. Black Creek Canal Virus infection in Sigmodon hispidus in southern Florida. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1998, 59: 699-703. PMID: 9840584, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchISOLATION 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
Isolation of black creek canal virus, a new hantavirus from Sigmodon hispidus in Florida
Rollin P, Ksiazek T, Elliott L, Ravkov E, Martin M, Morzunov S, Livingstone W, Monroe M, Glass G, Ruo S, Khan A, Childs J, Nichol S, Peters C. Isolation of black creek canal virus, a new hantavirus from Sigmodon hispidus in Florida. Journal Of Medical Virology 1995, 46: 35-39. PMID: 7623004, DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890460108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack Creek Canal virusReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assaysNew hantavirusCotton ratsTranscriptase-polymerase chain reaction assaysVero E6 cellsHantavirus pulmonary syndrome casesVirologic studiesChain reaction assaysHantavirus antigensHigh seroprevalenceSyndrome casesE6 cellsSpleen homogenatesRT-PCRReaction assaysDirect RT-PCRVirusSerologic relationshipHantavirusesRatsRodentsSigmodon hispidusDade CountySeroprevalence