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Sampling Frequency Differentially Influences Interpretation of Zoonotic Pathogen and Host Dynamics: Sin Nombre Virus and Deer Mice
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Carver, SS and Mills, JN and Kuenzi, A and Flietstra, T and Douglass, R, Sampling Frequency Differentially Influences Interpretation of Zoonotic Pathogen and Host Dynamics: Sin Nombre Virus and Deer Mice, Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 10, (6) pp. 575-583. ISSN 1530-3667 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0222
Abstract
Reports of novel emerging and resurging wildlife and zoonotic diseases have increased. Consequently, integration
of pathogen sampling into wildlife monitoring programs has grown. Sampling frequency influences
interpretations of coupled host–pathogen dynamics, with direct implication to human exposure risk, but has
received little empirical attention. To address this, a 15-year study, based on monthly sampling, of deer mouse
(Peromyscus maniculatus) populations and Sin Nombre virus (SNV; a virulent disease in humans) dynamics was
evaluated. Estimates of deer mouse abundance, number infected with SNV, and SNV prevalence from sampling
less frequently than each month (achieved by deletion of months and recalculation of these parameters) were
compared to monthly sampling frequencies. Deer mouse abundance was underestimated (10%–20%), SNV
prevalence was overestimated when prevalence was high (>15%), and fewer annual extremes of abundance and
infection were detected when sampling frequency was less than monthly. Effort necessary to detect temporal
dynamics of SNV differed from effort to detect demographic patterns in deer mouse abundance. Findings here
are applicable to sampling strategies for other host–pathogen dynamics and have direct implications for allocation
of public health resources and intervention programs.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Ecology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments |
UTAS Author: | Carver, SS (Dr Scott Carver) |
ID Code: | 80287 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
Deposited By: | Zoology |
Deposited On: | 2012-10-26 |
Last Modified: | 2012-11-12 |
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