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Kaci Klenk
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 11
Citations - 779
Kaci Klenk is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Iguana. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 11 publications receiving 721 citations. Previous affiliations of Kaci Klenk include Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service & United States Department of Agriculture.
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Alligators as West Nile virus amplifiers.
Kaci Klenk,Jamie Snow,Katrina Morgan,Richard A. Bowen,Michael R. Stephens,Falacia Foster,Paul Gordy,Susan Beckett,Nicholas Komar,Duane J. Gubler,Michael Bunning +10 more
TL;DR: Juvenile alligators may help transmit West Nile virus in some areas and be a source of infection for adults and children.
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West Nile virus transmission in resident birds, Dominican Republic.
Oliver Komar,Mark B. Robbins,Kaci Klenk,Bradley J. Blitvich,Nicole L. Marlenee,Kristen L. Burkhalter,Duane J. Gubler,Guillermo Gonzalvez,Carlos J. Pena,A. Townsend Peterson,Nicholas Komar +10 more
TL;DR: Specific anti-WNV antibodies were detected in 5 (15%) of 33 resident birds sampled at one location in November 2002, and one seropositive bird was <4 months old, indicating a recent infection.
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West nile virus infection in farmed american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) in florida
Elliott R. Jacobson,Pamela E. Ginn,J. Mitchell Troutman,Lisa L. Farina,Lillian M. Stark,Kaci Klenk,Kaci Klenk,Kristen L. Burkhalter,Nicholas Komar +8 more
TL;DR: Three affected American alligators were euthanatized and necropsied, and results confirmed infection with West Nile virus (WNV), suggesting alligators may serve as a vertebrate amplifying host for WNV.
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Avian mortality surveillance for west nile virus in colorado
TL;DR: The Target Species Index, which identified American crows as the most important avian indicator species, was developed and may benefit surveillance for other zoonotic pathogens, such as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus.
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Poor replication of West Nile virus (New York 1999 strain) in three reptilian and one amphibian species.
Kaci Klenk,Nicholas Komar +1 more
TL;DR: After inoculation with WN virus, some of the green iguanas, bullfrogs, and garter snakes showed low but detectable viral loads in the blood, oral or cloacal swabs, and/or organs.