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Serologic Survey of Selected Arthropod Borne Pathogens in Free-ranging Snowshoe Hares (Lepus americanus) Captured in Northern Michigan, USA

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Start Date
2016-01-01
End Date
2017-12-31

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Hofmeister, E., Clark, E., Lund, M., and Grear, D., 2023, Serologic Survey of Selected Arthropod Borne Pathogens in Free-ranging Snowshoe Hares (Lepus americanus) Captured in Northern Michigan, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BKG8KH.

Summary

We conducted a serosurvey of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) for vector-borne pathogens in 2016-2017 that were captured in the Hiawatha National Forest in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. At capture, in addition to age, sex, body weight of the hare and a blood sample data was collected on the ecological land type (USDA Forest Service. 2006. Hiawatha National Forest 2006 Forest Plan. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/hiawatha/landmanagement/planning/?cid=STELPRDB5106336) at the point of capture. Serology was conducted for antibodies to Snowshoe hare virus, Jamestown Canyon virus, La Crosse virus, West Nile virus, tick-transmitted Powassan virus, Silverwater virus, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Francisella tularensis.

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Point of Contact :
Erik K Hofmeister
Originator :
Erik K Hofmeister, Eric Clark, Melissa M Lund, Daniel A Grear
Metadata Contact :
Erik K Hofmeister
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
National Wildlife Health Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Hofmeister_SSH_metadata.xml
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Hofmeister_SSH_Table4.csv 302 Bytes text/csv
Hofmeister_SSH_Table3.csv 251 Bytes text/csv
Hofmeister_SSH_Table1.csv 1.88 KB text/csv
Hofmeister_SSH Serology.csv 2.94 KB text/csv

Purpose

Because climate change is expanding the range of insect and arachnid vectors of infectious diseases, this study was conducted to provide a current assessment of the prevalence of antibodies in snowshoe hares in the UP of Michigan and, hence their current exposure to selected vector-borne diseases.

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