Determination of freedom-from-rabies for small Indian mongoose populations in the United States Virgin Islands, 2019-2020.

• Main Authors: A Springer Browne (Author), Hannah M Cranford (Author), Clint N Morgan (Author), James A Ellison (Author), Are Berentsen (Author), Nicholas Wiese (Author), Alexandra Medley (Author), John Rossow (Author), Leanne Jankelunas (Author), Alan S McKinley (Author), Claudia D Lombard (Author), Nicole F Angeli (Author), Thomas Kelley (Author), Jennifer Valiulus (Author), Bethany Bradford (Author), Valicia J Burke-France (Author), Cosme J Harrison (Author), Irene Guendel (Author), Marissa Taylor (Author), Gerard L Blanchard (Author), Jeffrey B Doty (Author), David J Worthington (Author), David Horner (Author), Keith R Garcia (Author), Joseph Roth (Author), Brett R Ellis (Author), Kristine M Bisgard (Author), Ryan Wallace (Author), Esther M Ellis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mongooses, a nonnative species, are a known reservoir of rabies virus in the Caribbean region. A cross-sectional study of mongooses at 41 field sites on the US Virgin Islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas captured 312 mongooses (32% capture rate). We determined the absence of rabies virus b...