Natural Unseen Hazards
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Tags nature, wildlife, hunters, campers, hikers, rabies, lyme disease, west nile virus, pathogens
What hunters, campers, and hikers need to know about pathogens commonly found in wildlife.
Latest Blog Posts
- Colorado State University study suggests pumas and bobcats host fleas that cause plague on Nov 26, 2009 in Bacterial disease Bubonic Plague Pneumonic Plague
Yersinia pestis is a flea-borne bacterium that causes plague, which is maintained among rodent hosts and their fleas, but spillover into accidental hosts can result in the geographic spread of the disease. Domestic cats are a major source of human pl...
- Beaver in Maryland and feral cat in South Carolina test positive for Rabies, and woman dies of West Nile Virus in Yakima, Washington on Nov 25, 2009 in Viral disease Rabies West Nile Virus
Maryland 11/23/09 wfmd.com: Officials with the Frederick County Health Department say a beaver tested positive for rabies last week. Spokeswoman Karen Amoss said for anyone who lives in the Villages of Urbana area that may have had contact wi...
- Study Suggests People Who Eat Deer And Elk With Chronic Wasting Disease May Avoid Infection Because Of Species Barrier on Nov 24, 2009 in Prion disease Chronic Wasting Disease
ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2009) — Data from an ongoing multi-year study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease (CWD) may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious agent to spread to people. The...
- Fatal human rabies case reported in Michigan, while raccoons and a cat test positive for rabies in West Virginia, Florida, and Kansas on Nov 23, 2009 in Viral disease Rabies
Michigan 11/17/09 upnorthlive.com: A Northern Michigan man is dead [of rabies] after officials say he was bitten by a bat. Officials with the District Health Department #10 say they can’t release many details on the case due to privacy...
- Multiple new cases of murine typhus reported in Austin, TX, and Long Beach, CA, and leptospirosis associated with 10 deaths in Puerto Rico on Nov 21, 2009 in Bacterial disease Leptospirosis Murine typhus
Austin/Travis (TX) County Health and Human Services Department (AATCHHSD) Update Posted October 9, 2009: As of October 9, 2009, 28 cases of Typhus had been reported to the ATCHHSD, which has investigated 8 confirmed and 20 probable typhus cases in...
- Outbreak of Rickettsia typhi Infection — Austin, Texas, 2008 on Nov 20, 2009 in Bacterial disease Murine typhus Rickettsia typhi
The November 20, 2009, issue of the CDC’s Morbidity Mortality Weekly Reports includes an account of a murine typhus outbreak in Austin, Texas, reported in 2008. Murine typus is a fleaborne rickettsial disease caused by the organism Rickettsia typ...
- Leptospirosis organisms capable of penetrating intact skin on Nov 19, 2009 in Bacterial disease Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis (lep’to-spi-ro´sis) is a bacterial disease caused by the genus Leptospira. It is considered the most common zoonosis in the world. Origin: Leptospirosis was first recognized as an occupational disease of sewer workers in 1883. ...
