Browsing by Author "Pabilonia, Kristy"
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Bats as reservoir hosts: exploring novel viruses in New World bats
Author(s):Malmlov, AshleyDate Issued:2018Format:born digital; doctoral dissertationsTo view the abstract, please see the full text of the document. -
Parasite communities of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Colorado
Author(s):Shilling Littman, Paige WilleverDate Issued:2014Format:born digital; masters thesesWild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are large galliform birds, are commonly hunted birds, and they are non-migratory. Wild turkeys were originally found over most of the United States. In the early 1900s they experienced ... -
Investigating the potential role of wildlife as reservoirs of Chikungunya virus: experimental infections and field studies
Author(s):Blizzard, Emily LaurenDate Issued:2017Format:born digital; doctoral dissertationsChikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne human pathogen endemic to Africa and Asia and the etiologic agent of chikungunya fever (CHIKF), a severe debilitating and often chronic arthralgic disease. The recent introduction ... -
Environmental maintenance and transmission of Francisella tularensis in cottontail rabbits, prairie voles, and amoebae
Author(s):Brown, Vienna RaeDate Issued:2016Format:born digital; doctoral dissertationsTularemia is a zoonotic disease that is endemic in much of the Northern Hemisphere, capable of causing severe disease in a wide range of hosts. This disease is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis ...