Plague has been known since ancient times as a re‐emerging infectious disease, causing
considerable socioeconomic burden in regional hotspots. To better understand the …

Abstract Purpose of Review In 2020, the Appropriations Committee for the US House of
Representatives directed the CDC to develop a national One Health framework to combat …

Sylvatic plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is periodically responsible for
large die-offs in rodent populations that can spillover and cause human mortalities. In the …

This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands
considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services …

Laboratory trials conducted over the past decade at US Geological Survey National Wildlife
Health Center indicate that wild populations of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) display different …

After centuries of epidemics and more than a hundred years since the identification of the
causative bacterium, very little is known about the plague dynamics in animal reservoirs …

Prairie dogs in the western United States experience periodic epizootics of plague, caused
by the flea-borne bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis. An early study indicated that Oropsylla …

Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are a charismatic symbol of the American West. Their large
social aggregations and complex vocalizations have been the subject of scientific and …

The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a social rodent living in permanent, complex
burrow systems distributed throughout Central Asia, where it serves as the main host of …

As a pathogen of plague, Yersinia pestis caused three massive pandemics in history that
killed hundreds of millions of people. Yersinia pestis is highly invasive, causing severe …