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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Report of Four Alberta Cases

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995
Four Alberta cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome are reported. Three cases required intensive care, with one experiencing a fulminant course resulting in death.
Ameeta E Singh, Denise H Werker, Lesia R Boychuk, Lilly J Miedzinski   +3 more
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Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Peromyscus-Borne Hantaviruses in North America

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
The 1993 outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the southwestern United States was associated with Sin Nombre virus, a rodent-borne hantavirus; The virus' primary reservoir is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).
Martha C. Monroe, Sergey P. Morzunov, Angela M. Johnson, Michael D. Bowen, Harvey Artsob, Terry Yates, C.J. Peters, Pierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Stuart T. Nichol   +9 more
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Rapid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Hantavirus-Specific Antibodies in Divergent Small Mammals

Viruses, 2014
We assessed the utility of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of hantavirus-specific antibodies from sera of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, the principal reservoir of Andes virus (ANDV), using an antigen previously developed for ...
Karla Cautivo, Tony Schountz, Mariana Acuña-Retamar, Marcela Ferrés, Fernando Torres-Pérez   +4 more
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Collection of blood from wild‐caught mice (Peromyscus) via submandibular venipuncture

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017
ABSTRAC Submandibular venipuncture is a common technique used to harvest whole blood from laboratory‐strain mice, but its effectiveness on wild‐caught Peromyscus spp. has not been formally tested.
Jacob L. Berl, Matthew W. Voorhees, Jonathan W. Wu, Elizabeth A. Flaherty, Robert K. Swihart   +4 more
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Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Charting Sin Nombre Virus Infections in Deer Mice

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2000
We tested environmental data from remote sensing and geographic information system maps as indicators of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) infections in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) populations in the Walker River Basin, Nevada and California.
John D. Boone, Kenneth C. McGwire, Elmer W. Otteson, Robert S. DeBaca, Edward A. Kuhn, Pascal Villard, Peter F. Brussard, Stephen C. St. Jeor   +7 more
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Sibling rivalry: Males with more brothers develop larger testes

Ecology and Evolution, 2018
When females mate with multiple partners in a reproductive cycle, the relative number of competing sperm from rival males is often the most critical factor in determining paternity.
Heidi S. Fisher, Kristin A. Hook, W. David Weber, Hopi E. Hoekstra   +3 more
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Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii at Toronto

The Canadian field-naturalist, 1925
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Humane Use of Cardiac Puncture for Non-Terminal Phlebotomy of Wild-Caught and Released Peromyscus spp.

Animals, 2020
The cardiac puncture technique for obtaining relatively large volume (50–150 µL) blood samples from sedated rodents has been used in research for nearly a century.
Scott C. Williams, Megan A. Linske, Kirby C. Stafford   +2 more
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Tick control bait box use by Peromyscus spp. influenced by habitat placement but raises questions on disease ecology

Ecosphere, 2019
White‐footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque), and deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Gloger, are considered important reservoir hosts for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the causative agent of Lyme disease.
Erika T. Machtinger, Andrew Y. Li
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Flea diversity and prevalence on arid-adapted rodents in the Oriental Basin, Mexico. Diversidad de pulgas y prevalencia en roedores de zonas aridas en la Cuenca Oriental, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
Inventorying biodiversity is basic for conservation and natural resources management because constant loss of natural areas increase the need for fast biodiversity inventories. Desert flea diversity and associations are not well known in Mexican deserts,
Roxana Acosta Gutiérrez, Jesús A. Fernández   +1 more
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