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Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Research

Laboratory Analysis of Tularemia in Wild-Trapped, Commercially Traded Prairie Dogs, Texas, 2002

Jeannine M. Petersen*Comments to Author , Martin E. Schriefer*, Leon G. Carter*, Yan Zhou*, Tara Sealy*, Darcy Bawiec*, Brook Yockey*, Sandra Urich*, Nordin S. Zeidner*, Swati Avashia†, Jacob L. Kool*, Jan Buck‡, Connie Lindley‡, Leos Celeda§, John A. Monteneiri*, Kenneth L. Gage*, and May C. Chu*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡Texas Dept of Health, Arlington, Texas, USA; §State Veterinary Administration, Prague, Czech Republic

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Table 3

Diagnostic test results for culture–positive group B prairie dogsa

Prairie dog DFA (spleen/liver) DFA (submandibular lymph node) Serologic testing (microagglutination assay)
B1
 +
 +
 1:512
 Pos
B2
 +
 +
 1:32
 Neg
B3
 +
 +
 1:8
 Neg
B4
 –
 +
 1:1,024
 Pos
B5
 –
 +
 1:4,096
 Pos
B6
 +
 +
 1:512
 Pos
B7
 –
 +
 1:512
 Pos
B8
 +
 No sample
 1:8
 Neg
B10
 +
 +
 1:4
 Neg
B11
 –
 +
 1:256
 Pos
B12
 –
 –
 1:1,024
 Pos
B13
 –
 –
 0
 Neg
B14
 –
 +
 1:128
 Pos
B15
 +
 +
 1:64
 Neg
B16
 +
 +
 1:16
 Neg
B17
 –
 +
 0
 Neg
B18
 +
 +
 1:512
 Pos
B19
 +
 +
 1:4
 Neg
B20
 –
 +
 1:128
 Pos
B21 – + 1:16 Neg

aDFA, direct fluorescent assay; Neg, negative; Pos, positive.

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