TY - JOUR AU - Bevins, Sarah N. AU - Tracey, Jeff A. AU - Franklin, Sam P. AU - Schmit, Virginia L. AU - MacMillan, Martha L. AU - Gage, Kenneth L. AU - Schriefer, Martin E. AU - Logan, Kenneth A. AU - Sweanor, Linda L. AU - Alldredge, Mat W. AU - Krumm, Caroline AU - Boyce, Walter M. AU - Vickers, Winston AU - Riley, Seth P.D. AU - Lyren, Lisa M. AU - Boydston, Erin E. AU - Fisher, Robert N. AU - Roelke, Melody E. AU - Salman, Mo AU - Crooks, Kevin R. AU - VandeWoude, Sue T1 - Wild Felids as Hosts for Human Plague, Western United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 12 SP - 2021 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Plague seroprevalence was estimated in populations of pumas and bobcats in the western United States. High levels of exposure in plague-endemic regions indicate the need to consider the ecology and pathobiology of plague in nondomestic felid hosts to better understand the role of these species in disease persistence and transmission. KW - Disease ecology KW - Lynx rufus KW - Puma concolor KW - Yersinia pestis KW - zoonoses KW - plague KW - bacteria KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1512.090526 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/12/09-0526_article ER - End of Reference