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ArticleEcoHealth2023

Vector-Borne Disease in Wild Mammals Impacted by Urban Expansion and Climate Change.

Laura Shultz, Andrés M López-Pérez, Raina Jasuja, Sarah Helman, Katherine Prager, Amanda Tokuyama, Niamh Quinn, Danielle Bucklin, Jaime Rudd, Deana Clifford and 3 more

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Article in EcoHealth, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura ShultzDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Andrés M López-PérezDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. andres.lopez@inecol.mx.ORCID 0000-0001-5726-7943
Raina JasujaDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Sarah HelmanDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Katherine PragerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Amanda TokuyamaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Niamh QuinnSouth Coast Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Irvine, CA, USA.
Danielle BucklinSouth Coast Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Irvine, CA, USA.
Jaime RuddCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, Rancho Cordova, CA, USA.
Deana CliffordCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, Rancho Cordova, CA, USA.
Justin BrownNational Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Calabasas, CA, USA.
Seth RileyNational Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Calabasas, CA, USA.
Janet FoleyDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
University of California, Davis · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife · USNational Park Service · USUniversity of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources · USInstituto de Ecología · MX

Funding

NCEZID CDC HHS U01 CK000516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecologies of zoonotic vector-borne diseases may shift with climate and land use change. As many urban-adapted mammals can host ectoparasites and pathogens of human and animal health concern, our goal was to compare patterns of arthropod-borne disease among medium-sized mammals across gradients of rural to urban landscapes in multiple regions of California. DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum was found in 1-5% of raccoons, coyotes, and San Joaquin kit foxes; Borrelia burgdorferi in one coyote, rickettsiae in two desert kit foxes, and Yersinia pestis in two coyotes. There was serological evidence of rickettsiae in 14-37% of coyotes, Virginia opossums, and foxes; and A. phagocytophilum in 6-40% of coyotes, raccoons, Virginia opossums, and foxes. Of six flea species, one Ctenocephalides felis from a raccoon was positive for Y. pestis, and Ct. felis and Pulex simulans fleas tested positive for Rickettsia felis and R. senegalensis. A Dermacentor similis tick off a San Joaquin kit fox was PCR-positive for A. phagocytophilum. There were three statistically significant risk factors: risk of A. phagocytophilum PCR-positivity was threefold greater in fall vs the other three seasons; hosts adjacent to urban areas had sevenfold increased A. phagocytophilum seropositivity compared with urban and rural areas; and there was a significant spatial cluster of rickettsiae within greater Los Angeles. Animals in areas where urban and rural habitats interconnect can serve as sentinels during times of change in disease risk.

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CoyotesRickettsiaSiphonapteraVector Borne DiseasesAnimalsClimate ChangeFoxesHumansOpossumsRaccoonsCaliforniaFleasRural–urban landscapeTicksVector-borne pathogensWild mammals

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PMID38015408
OpenAlexW4389085026

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