Serologic evidence of Yersinia pestis infection in small mammals and bears from a temperate rainforest of north coastal California.

JR, Clover; TD, Hofstra; BG, Kuluris; MT, Schroeder; BC, Nelson; AM, Barnes; RG, Botzler

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-25.1.52

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Serologic evidence of Yersinia pestis infection in small mammals and bears from a temperate rainforest of north coastal California.

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Authors:

Clover JR

Hofstra TD

Kuluris BG

Abstract

From 1983 to 1985, 463 serum samples from 11 species of mammals in Redwood National Park (RNP) (California, USA) were evaluated for antibodies to Yersinia pestis by the passive hemagglutination method. Yersinia pestis antibodies occurred in serum samples from 25 (36%) of 69 black bears (Ursus americ...

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