Dupage County Health Department

Recent papers from Dupage County Health Department

1. Prescribed Burns Homogenize Traits but Not Species Across Suburban Forest Understories Over 30 YearsApplied Vegetation Science · 2026
2. Maturation and reproduction in headstarted Blanding's turtlesJournal of Wildlife Management · 2025
3. Archival data reveals human impacts on Blanding’s turtle population persistenceJournal for Nature Conservation · 2025
4. Detection of Adenoviruses in Free-Ranging Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta), and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys Scripta Elegans) in Illinois, UsaJournal of Wildlife Diseases · 2025
5. Epidemiology of Sulawesi Tortoise Adenovirus in Free-Living Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta), and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys Scripta Elegans) in Illinois, UsaJournal of Wildlife Diseases · 2025
6. Putting the Bright Spots of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response to UseJournal of Public Health Management and Practice · 2024
7. Variable effects of captivity on microbiomes in populations of IUCN-endangered Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2024
8. Striving for health equity during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Vaccine distribution in DuPage County, ILJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management · 2023
9. Mussels Propagated from a Single Broodstock Female Retain Most Population-Level Genetic Variation but Have Altered Genetic StructureFreshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation · 2023
10. Division Without Duress Yields High Levels of SuccessMathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12 · 2023
11. A Review of the Mental Health Sequelae of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): Preparedness PerspectiveCureus · 2023
12. Spatial and thermal ecology of juvenile head‐started Blanding's turtles Emydoidea blandingiiWildlife Biology · 2023
13. Leveraging national laboratories to increase Black representation in STEM: recommendations within the Department of EnergyInternational Journal of STEM Education · 2023
14. Effects of Artificial Ultraviolet B Radiation on Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Concentrations in Juvenile Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2022
15. Physiological Health and Survival of Captive-Reared and Released Juvenile Blanding’s TurtlesPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology · 2021
16. Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Mortality During an Outbreak Investigation in a Skilled Nursing FacilityClinical Infectious Diseases · 2020
17. Benefits of Head‐starting for Blanding's Turtle Size Distributions and RecruitmentWildlife Society Bulletin · 2020
18. Measuring Fat Content Using Computed Tomography to Establish a Body Condition Index in Free-Ranging Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii) in IllinoisJournal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine · 2019
19. Epidemiology of Emydoidea Herpesvirus 1 in Free-Ranging Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii) From IllinoisJournal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine · 2019
20. A Sample of Predominately African American Domestic Violence Victims’ Responses to Objective Risk AssessmentsViolence Against Women · 2019