Plague, pumas and potential zoonotic exposure in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0559
Nama Orang :	Elbroch, L Mark Vickers, T Winston Quigley, Howard B






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge - Crime, 2020

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Abstrak	We tested for plague (Yersinia pestis) in a puma population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) over 9 years, overlapping a case when a boy in the area became infected with plague. Antibodies to Y. pestis were detected in 8 of 17 (47%) pumas tested by complementenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the organism itself was detected in 4 of 11 (36%) pumas tested after necropsy. Neither puma sex nor age was significantly associated with Y. pestis exposure or mortality, although our sample size was small. The overall prevalence of exposure we recorded was similar to that found along the western slope of Colorado, which is adjacent to the Four Corners region, a known plague hotspot in the USA. This suggests that: (1) Y. pestis may be present at higher levels in the GYE than previously assumed; (2) plague is a significant source of mortality for local pumas (6.6% of sub-adult and adult mortality); and (3) pumas may be a useful sentinel for potential risk of plague exposure to humans throughout the West. We would also emphasize that hunters and others handling pumas in this region should be made aware of the possibility of exposure.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	biodiversity; carnivores; disease ecology; human-wildlife interface; plague; Puma concolor; sentinel species; Yersinia pestis
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2020
No. Induk	eja-21-0559
Entri Sumber Data	Cambridge - Crime
Entri Utama Nama orang	Elbroch, L Mark; Vickers, T Winston; Quigley, Howard B
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 47, no. 2, p. 75-78
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0559
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Plague, pumas and potential zoonotic exposure in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional