Publications

massive occurrence of rickettsiae of the spotted fever group in fowl tampan, argas persicus, in the armenian s.s.r.	fowl tampans (argas persicus) collected in oktemberyan in the armenian s.s.r. in 1974 were found to be massively infected with rickettsiae of the spotted fever (sf) group. one isolated rickettsial strain, designated armenia 9, is antigenically related to, and probably identical with, strain armenia 11 and strain b of rickettsia slovaca, isolated from dermacentor marginatus ticks. strain armenia 9 grows readily in chick embryo yolk sacs and in chick embryo cell (cec) and l-cell cultures. it cause ...	1977	22239
isolation of tettnang virus from ticks, mosquitoes and small rodents.	seven strains of tettnang virus were isolated in czechoslovakia: 3 from ixodes ricinus tick nymphs, males and females, one from dermacentor reticulatus tick females, one from aedes cantans mosquitoes and two strains from the brains of clethrionomys glareolus and apodemus flavicollis small rodents.	1979	35963
investigation on the transfer of fleas among small mammals using radioactive phosphorus.	the transfer of fleas megabothris turbidus, ctenophthalmus agyrtes, nosopsyllus fasciatus etc. was investigated by labelling the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus schreb.) with radioactive phosphorus. on the one hand, the process of flea transfer was traced among different individuals of the same host species, and on the other, among different host species (c. glareolus, apodemus flavicollis melch.). the investigations revealed that the flea transfer in a rodent nest visited by another host dep ...	1979	396209
[additional observations to the biology of hepatozoon erhardovae krampitz 1964 in bank voles from the south-western styria and from areas around the neusiedlersee (burgenland) (author's transl)].	the incidence of hepatozoon erhardovae in the blood of bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) captured in the investigated areas is examined. the biology of schizonts, their distribution in the lobes of the lung and the further development of natural infections in vertebrate hosts kept strictly free of ectoparasites are observed. the accumulation of gametocytes in larvae of the tick ixodes ricinus and of the mite neotrombicula zachvatkini after sucking on strongly infected bank voles is pointed ou ...	1977	413270
[the importance of laelaps agilis c.l. koch 1836 (mesostigmata: parasitiformae) as a vector of hepatozoon sylvatici coles 1914 (sporozoa: haemogregarinidae) (author's transl)].	the importance of the mite laelaps agilis (parasitiformae) for the transmission of the hepatozoon species living in the blood of apodemus sylvaticus and apodemus flavicollis (hepatozoon sylvatici) is examined. with this mite the experimental transfer of the parasite to bred hosts of the same species was successful five times; for once, the transmission to a non-specific host (clethrionomys glareolus) was also possible. besides, an eventual stimulating effect emanating from the gonads of female m ...	1977	413271
study of rickettsioses in slovakia. iii. experimental infection of apodemus flavicollis melch. by rickettsiae of the spotted fever (sf) group isolated in slovakia.	experimental studies of infection of apodemus flavicollis, and for comparison of rickettsiaemia in clethrionomys glareolus and of susceptibility and antibody formation in white mice, with rickettsiae of the sf group isolated in slovakia, gave the following results: the species a. flavicollis reacted by the formation of antibodies on subcutaneous administration of rickettsiae, strain b, in an amount of 10(0.5) eid50/0.25 ml, whereas the white mouse only in an amount of 10(2.5). rickettsiae, strai ...	1976	825571
haemaphysalis (allophysalis) danieli, sp. n. (ixodoidea: ixodidae), female and tentatively associated immature stages from high mountains of northern pakistan and afghanistan.	haemaphysalis (allophysalis) danieli sp. n. is described from a female taken from alpine vegetation in swat, pakistan. fifty-one nymphal and larval ticks tentatively associated with this taxon are from hamsters, field mice, voles, and marmots (rodentia), cricetulus migratorius, apodemus flavicollis, alticola roylei, and marmota caudata, and from pikas (lagomorpha), ochotona roylei, in gilgit and hazara districts of pakistan and in badakhashan province of afghanistan. collecting localities are in ...	1977	864574
study of rickettsioses in slovakia. iii. experimental infection of apodemus flavicollis melch. by rickettsiae of the spotted fever (sf) group isolated in slovakia.	experimental studies of infection of apodemus flavicollis, and for comparison of rickettsiaemia in clethrionomys glareolus and of susceptibility and antibody formation in white mice, with rickettsiae of the sf group isolated in slovakia, gave the following results: the species a. flavicollis reacted by the formation of antibodies on subcutaneous administration of rickettsiae, strain b, in an amount of 10(0.5) eid 50/0.25 ml, whereas the white mouse only in an amount of 10(2.5). rickettsiae, stra ...	1976	1036998
study of rickettsioses in slovakia. ii. infestation of fleas and mites in mole nests in some localities in central slovakia with c. burneti and rickettsiae belonging to the spotted fever (sf) group.	fleas and mites obtained from 115 mole nests in central slovakia from an area where q fever and rickettsiosis due to rickettsie of the sf occur, from the border of this area and apart from it, were tested for infestation with rickettsiae by the method of isolation of rickettsiae on chick embryo yolk sacs, by the method of detection of rickettsiae on smears from the arthropods using immunofluorescence, by the method of exposure of albino mice and apodemus flavicollis to mole nests and by the meth ...	1975	1102597
[blood parasites of small wild mammals in czechoslovakia].	the author investigated 4,853 specimens of wild living small mammals (43 species: insectivora, chiroptera, lagomorpha, rodentia, carnivora) from czechoslovakia for blood parasites. trypanosomes were found in talpa europaea, sorex alpinus, crocidura suaveolens, myotis myotis, apodemus sylvaticus, apodemus flavicollis, mus musculus, rattus norvegicus, clethrionomys glareolus and microtus agrestis. babesia was detected in myotis emarginatus, myotis myotis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis ...	1975	1158292
isolation of emmonsia crescens emmons et jellison 1960 from small mammals in bulgaria.	authors examined a total of 3849 specimens of mammals included in 36 species from different region of bulgaria. adiaspiromycosis was detected microscopically in 18 mammals species. strains of emmonsia crescens emmons et jellison 1960 was isolated from 6 species--apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, musmusculus and rattus norvegicus.	1975	1171369
[observations of fleas of small mammals at the gran paradiso national park (italian occidental alps)].	the siphonaptera of small mammals (nearly 200 rodents, insectivora and mustelids) of the parco nazionale del gran paradiso (western italian alps) have been collected and studied during the years 1973-75. all the animals have been captured at altitudes ranging from 1570 to 2400 m during different seasons. twelve genera and sixteen species have been identified, namely: chaetopsylla (c.) homoea homoea from mustela erminea; hystrichopsylla (h.) talpae talpae from clethrionomys glareolus; rhadinopsyl ...	1975	1233394
[first european case of adiaspiromycosis due to emmonsia parva (emmons and ashburn) ciferri and montemartini 1959, in a mammal: apodemus flavicollis].		1975	1239973
ultrastructure of viable and inactivated coxiella burnetii after inoculation of mice.	c3ha mice were inoculated intraperitoneally (i.p.) with viable coxiella burnetii (c.b.) (strain apodemus flavicollis-luga, phase i) or c.b. antigen (formalin-inactivated c.b.); pieces of spleen, liver, omentum, kidney, and suspension of peritoneal macrophages were examined by electron microscopy at 1, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 42 days post-infection (p.i.). two main types of viable c.b. cells--small dense (dc) and bacteria-like (bc)--were found in omentum, spleen, and peritoneal exudate cells beginning ...	1992	1350169
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in yugoslavia: epidemiologic and epizootiologic features of a nationwide outbreak in 1989.	a nationwide epidemic of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) occurred in yugoslavia in 1989. sera from 609 hospitalized patients, from all six republics (bosnia and hercegovina, croatia, macedonia, montenegro serbia, slovenia) and two provinces (kosovo and vojvodina), who had signs and symptoms suggestive of hfrs, and sera and lung tissues from 544 small mammals belonging to 13 species were studied for evidence of hantavirus infection. of the 226 patients with serologically confirmed hf ...	1992	1363468
[prevalence of hantavirus infection in small mammals in the south moravian region].	in 1987 to 1990 in the south moravian region 1094 lungs of small terrestrial mammals were examined for hantavirus antigen and sera of 525 rodents and 93 hares for antibodies against these viruses. in the majority the materials were not from the same individual. lungs were examined by the elisa method, antibodies were assessed by the indirect immunofluorescence reaction. an antigen resembling the western subtype (puumala) was found in 65 animals (5.9%) of two rodent species (microtus arvalis--63 ...	1992	1387051
susceptibility of some species of rodents to rickettsiae.	the present study was designed to test the susceptibility of free-living rodents, viz apodemus flavicollis, microtus arvalis, clethrionomys glareolus, mus musculus, and outbred white mice from dobrá voda farm, csfr, to coxiella burnetii, rickettsiae of the spotted fever group (rickettsia sibirica, r. conorii, r. slovaca and r. akari) and rickettsiae of typhus group (r. typhi and r. prowazekii) by various routes of administration. the highest levels of antibodies to c. burnetii were found in a. f ...	1992	1427494
[hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in croatia: incidence of infection in human and wild animal reservoirs].	on the territory of lika and gorski kotar a group of 300 forest workers and 260 persons from the general population were screened for hantavirus antibodies (by the indirect immunofluorescence test). in the first group of examenees a mean of 1.6% were found positive, ranging from 0% (gospić) to 3.2% (ogulin). in the second groups a mean of 5.4% were positive, ranging from 4.4 to 8.9% (delnice and slunj, respectively). it is concluded that the hantavirus infection rate in our natural foci of hfrs ...	1991	1688294
[new flea species in the fauna of the crimean peninsula].	two species of fleas, spilopsyllus cuniculi dale, 1878, and stenoponia tripectinata tripectinata tiraboschi, 1902, were reported in european rabbit and small rodents (common field mouse, yellow-necked field mouse, house mouse) respectively, of the crimean peninsula. the finding of new for the fauna of the crimea species of fleas demonstrates new changes in its fauna and enlarges the picture of the distribution area of these species, thus supplementing the available information on the ways of the ...	1991	1813845
longitudinal study of natural foci of central european encephalitis virus in west slovakia.	a total of 2922 small terrestrial mammals of 12 species were collected in six localities of west slovakia between 1981 and 1986. when examined for the prevalence of neutralizing antibodies (na) to central european encephalitis (cee) virus we found that 14.6% had antibody. nearly all (97%) of the 426 animals with antibody were clethrionomys glareolus, the most abundant species (52.6% of mammals collected, 15.1% of those with antibody). apodemus flavicollis (22.5% of mammals collected, 18.1% of th ...	1990	1983180
hosts on which nymphal ixodes ricinus most abundantly feed.	to identify hosts that may serve as european reservoirs for the agent of lyme disease, borrelia burgdorferi, we determined whether nymphal ixodes ricinus feed mainly on particular mice (apodemus flavicollis or a. agrarius), voles (clethrionomys glareolus) or on sand lizards (lacerta agilis) and whether the abundance of these hosts corresponds to the seasonal activity of the subadult stages of the vector tick. in all sites, the mice appeared most heavily infested by larvae; at least seven parasit ...	1991	1996733
differential detachment from resting hosts of replete larval and nymphal ixodes ticks.	to determine whether replete subadult ixodes ticks detach more frequently from resting than from active hosts, diverse rodents and lizards were caged in an apparatus designed to record the ticks' sites of detachment relative to the resting site of the host. replete larval ixodes ricinus and ixodes dammini accumulated mainly beneath the resting places of the mice (apodemus agrarius and peromyscus leucopus) most frequently parasitized in nature. although nymphal i. ricinus similarly detached where ...	1991	2040945
subadult ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) on rodents in berlin, west germany.	to identify hosts that may serve as reservoirs for the agent of lyme disease in central europe, we determined whether ixodes ricinus l. feed most frequently on certain rodents and whether the abundance of these hosts corresponds to the season of feeding activity of the tick in four sites in berlin, federal republic of germany. in addition, we correlated abundance of i. ricinus with that of particular rodent hosts. two small rodents were more abundant than any others; a mouse, apodemus flavicolli ...	1990	2332880
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in yugoslavia: antigenic characterization of hantaviruses isolated from apodemus flavicollis and clethrionomys glareolus.	hantavirus antigens were detected in lung tissues of 8/113 apodemus flavicollis and 2/17 clethrionomys glareolus captured in 1984 in fojnica, a region of yugoslavia endemic for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; hantavirus antigens were not detected in lung tissues from 126 other mammals collected in fojnica. three hantaviruses, 2 from a. flavicollis and 1 from c. glareolus, were isolated directly in vero e6 cells and were partially characterized. the isolates from a. flavicollis, designated ...	1989	2569846
[findings of yersinia in slaughter pigs, synantropic animals and workers in meat products in a defined region].	in 15 selected stocks in the strakonice district, 507 slaughter pigs, 708 small terrestric mammals and 110 free-living birds were examined in a two-year period (1986-1987) to study the occurrence of carriers of yersiniae and their elimination. rectal smears from 243 persons working in livestock production were examined in the same way. standard bacteriological methods, recent examination procedures (aulisio et al., 1980; aldová, 1981) and a diagnostic antiserum (03 imuna sarisské michalany) were ...	1989	2588433
first evidence of the leptospirosis natural foci of the serotype saxkoebing in austria.	the authors examined serologically and bacteriologically 129 wild living small mammals (9 species) in neumarkt, in styria. a total of 17 animals were positive (all microtus agrestis), of these 10 serologically (6 with l. saxkoebing, 3 with l. grippotyphosa and 1 with l. sorexjalna) and 7 bacteriologically. of the 7 isolated leptospirae-strains one did not survive up to typing, the 6 remaining were identified as l. saxkoebing. it is the first evidence of the existence of leptospirosis natural foc ...	1989	2663645
use of recombinant vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein virus for oral vaccination of wildlife against rabies: innocuity to several non-target bait consuming species.	the pathogenicity of a vaccinia recombinant virus expressing the rabies glycoprotein (vvtggrab) was tested in several wild animal species which could compete with the natural rabies host, the red fox (vulpes vulpes) in consuming vaccine baits in europe. the following species were included in this study: wild boar (sus scrofa), eurasian badger (meles meles), wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis), bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus), common vole (microtus arv ...	1989	2681844
comparative quantitative study of the hippocampal region of two closely related species of wild mice: interspecific and intraspecific variations in volumes of hippocampal components.	to investigate the structural changes in the hippocampal region (subiculum, ammon's horn, and area dentata) associated with speciation, the volumes of homologous components of this region of the forebrain were compared in the two closely related murine rodent species, apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked wood mice) and a. sylvaticus (long-tailed field mice), and in two geographically separated groups of a. sylvaticus. with the exception of the mossy fiber zone, no significant differences were fou ...	2009	2708565
[incidence of coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae from the rmsf group in the sub-alpine region in austria].	investigations were carried out on small mammals to determine further distribution of coxiella burnetii and rickettsia rmsf-group in the alpine and sub-alpine regions. in altitudes of 1,200-2,400 m antibodies against clethrionomys glareolus, apodemus flavicollis, sorex alpinus, sorex minutus and microtus agrestis were demonstrated. these findings emphasize that in the entire alpine and sub-alpine regions of austria the occurrence of c. burnetii and rmsf-group rickettsia is to be expected.	1989	2744470
ecology of the murine alphaherpesvirus and its isolation from lungs of rodents in cell culture.	together 381 sera of murine rodents (apodemus flavicollis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis and mus musculus) trapped in different localities of czechoslovakia were examined for the presence of antibodies to a murine alphaherpesvirus (mhv) and to murine cytomegalovirus (cmv). positivity of rodent sera to the two mhv and one murine cmv strains varied from none to 12.5% and from none up to 11.3%, respectively, depending on the locality under study. from the lungs of a. flavicollis showing ...	1985	2864834
epidemiological investigations following an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in greece.	epidemiological investigations were conducted following an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) which occurred in the state of epirus, northwestern greece, in july and august 1983. a total of 8 patients were hospitalized during the outbreak; 3 were severely ill and 1 died. a serosurvey made in may 1984 sampled 184 of the approximately 400 residents of the village of tsepelovo, where 4 patients resided, and found 12 (6.5%) persons, including convalescent sera from 4 patients, ...	1986	2871769
clinical and epidemiological aspects of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in greece.	twenty-three cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome were serologically diagnosed in rural populations of greece between 1982 and 1985. the clinical picture of the disease was severe, (3 deaths recorded among 23 cases) and more closely resembled korean hemorrhagic fever than nephropathia epidemica. examination of patients' sera by indirect immunofluorescence (ifa) assays and plaque reduction neutralization (prnt) tests using hantaan 76-118, puumala, and seoul (urban rat-associated hantaan ...	1987	2888688
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in yugoslavia: detection of hantaviral antigen and antibody in wild rodents and serological diagnosis of human disease.	lung tissues from 547 rodents and 26 insectivores captured between 1981 and 1984 in central bosnia (fojnica) and central serbia (cacak), 2 regions known to be endemic for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), were examined for hantaviral antigen by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody technique. antigen was detected in 17/231 apodemus flavicollis, 3/187 a. sylvaticus, 1/46 a. agrarius, 4/32 mus musculus, and 3/28 clethrionomys glareolus. in addition, antibodies against hantaan and puu ...	1988	2900550
seasonal acclimation of bank voles and wood mice: nonshivering thermogenesis and thermogenic properties of brown adipose tissue mitochondria.	seasonal acclimation of nonshivering thermogenesis and brown adipose tissue was studied in wild bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus), yellow necked field mice and wood mice (apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus). both, voles and mice increased their capacity for nonshivering thermogenesis during winter. thermogenic properties of brown fat (cytochrome c oxidase activity, mitochondrial protein content, gdp-binding of brown fat mitochondria) showed similar changes during seasonal acclimation; clethr ...	1988	3049708
corrections in the names of rodent coccidia (apicomplexa, coccidiasina).	the following new taxonomic combinations are introduced for coccidia whose names were previously given erroneously: dorisa bengalensis (bandyopadhyay & ray, 1982) n. comb. from the indian palm squirrel funambulus pennanti in india; eimeria sicistae from the intestine of the birch mouse sicista tianschanica in the ussr; e. hydrochaeri carini, 1937 emend. from the capybara hydrochaerus hydrochaerus in south america; frenkelia sp. (doby, jeannes & rault 1965) from the brain of the water vole arvico ...	1987	3123645
first isolations of borrelia burgdorferi from rodents collected in northern europe.	spirochetes were found in 13% of ixodes ricinus collected from an island, near stockholm where human borreliosis is endemic. borrelia burgdorferi was cultivated from the kidney and/or spleen of wild rodents (clethrionomys glareolus and apodemus flavicollis) from the same island. spirochetes were identified as borrelia burgdorferi by indirect immunofluorescence assays using species and genus specific monoclonal antibodies. in these tests the spirochetes could not be differentiated from strains pr ...	1988	3190915
asymmetry in the hippocampal region specific for one of two closely related species of wild mice.	the volumes of the components of the left and right hippocampal regions were compared in male, adult specimens of the two closely related species of wild mice, apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked wood mice) and apodemus sylvaticus (long-tailed wood mice). in one of the species, apodemus flavicollis, the component containing the deep layers of the subiculum was found to be significantly larger in the hippocampal region of the left side than it was in that of the right side. no other significant a ...	1987	3690355
[1st cases of adiaspiromycosis observed in small mammals in turkey. 3 new host species].	the authors examine the lungs of 193 small mammals caught in different places in west turkey and belonging to 11 different species. six species have one or many adiaspores in their lungs. those are microtus arvalis, apodemus flavicollis and a. sylvaticus already found parasited by chrysosporium parvum in many countries particularly france. these are m. guentheri, pitymys majori and a. mystacinus which have never been mentioned before this day having adiaspiromycosis.	1985	3986950
[relation of clethrionomys glareolus schr. and apodemus flavicollis melch. to the virus of tick-borne encephalitis in 2 different biotopes].		1966	4224556
threshold of viraemia in apodemus flavicollis for infection of ixodes ricinus with tick-borne encephalitis virus.		1969	4387633
cytogenetic and biochemical differences between apodemus sylvaticus and apodemus flavicollis, possibly responsible for the failure to interbreed.		1973	4736653
the autecology of small rodents and insectivores of the tribec mountain range.	small rodents and insectivores have become the main reservoirs of tick-borne encephalitis virus. in order, therefore, to demonstrate the dynamic and structural changes occurring in a natural focus of tick-borne encephalitis, information has been collected on the distribution, habitat, life-cycle, population density and extent of tick infestation of the rodents and insectivores that inhabit the tribec region and adjacent parts of the hronský inovec mountains. the following mammals are discussed: ...	1967	5298539
the role of small rodents and hedgehogs in a natural focus of tick-borne encephalitis.	the role of small rodents and hedgehogs in the circulation of tick-borne encephalitis in natural foci in the tribec region of czechoslovakia has been studied. isolation of virus from the blood of apodemus flavicollis, clethrionomys glareolus and erinaceus roumanicus, as well as the demonstration of antibodies in the sera of these mammals and of a. sylvaticus, microtus arvalis and sciurus vulgaris, showed that these mammals had been in contact with the virus in recent years. the proportion of pos ...	1967	5298543
[diurnal rhythm of mitoses in the corneal epithelium of yellow-throated mice (apodemus flavicollis melchior, 1884)].		1970	5457951
free-running circadian rhythm in wood mouse (apodemus flavicollis melch.) under natural light-dark-cycle.		1969	5800139
experimental infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus in clethrionomys glareolus, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus and mus musculus. 1. virological studies.		1966	5958418
experimental infection with tick-borne virus in clethrionomys glareolus, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus and mus musculus. 2. serological studies.		1966	5958662
[studies of the ecology of some blood protozoa of wild small mammals in north germany (author's transl)].	in 1977 and 1978, 696 small mammals of 9 different species were surveyed for protozoal blood parasites. the following parasites were found: hepatozoon sylvatici in apodemus flavicollis, h. erhardovae and trypanosoma evotomys in clethrionomys glareolus, t. microti and babesia microti in microtus agrestis and t. croicidurae in crocidura russula. h. erhardovae showed regularly high infection-rates (more than 70%) during all the years in 1977 and 1978. h. sylvatici was found only in 5.6% of the yell ...	1980	6104423
electron microscopy of rabbit embryo fibroblasts infected with herpesvirus isolates from clethrionomys glareolus and apodemus flavicollis.	electron microscopy of rabbit embryo fibroblasts infected with five herpesvirus isolates from murine rodents (clethrionomys glareolus and apodemus flavicollis) revealed morphological changes characterized by the formation of intranuclear vacuoles, in which envelopment of nucleocapsids took place. the herpesvirus nucleocapsids were formed in the vicinity of intranuclear granular inclusions. margination of chromatin, disaggregation of nucleoli and, in some isolates, the occurrence of tubular struc ...	1981	6113749
a rickettsia-like organism showing positive immunofluorescence with antisera to coxiella burnetii in haemaphysalis inermis ticks.	a rickettsia-like organism (rlo) was detected in the oocytes of haemaphysalis inermis ticks. the rlos were about 5 microns long bent rods with a definite inner structure. they were gram-negative and could be visualized by giemsa but not by gimenez staining. attempts to cultivate the rlo in chick embryo yolk sacs, various types of cell culture and tick body cavities were unsuccessful. the rlo displayed a bright immunofluorescence with antisera to coxiella burnetii, but no immunofluorescence was o ...	1981	6118050
growth characteristics of herpesviruses isolated from free living small rodents.	sixteen cell cultures of different origin (bird, rodents, carnivores, pigs, monkey, man) reproduced five strains of herpesviruses isolated from small free living rodents apodemus flavicollis and clethrionomys glareolus revealing cytopathic changes typical for members of the family herpesviridae. the virus titres in different cell cultures ranged from 10(2) to 10(7) tcd50 per ml. the growth curves of two isolates originating from both animal species resembled to those obtained with human herpesvi ...	1982	6127933
haemorrhagic fever virus with renal syndrome in small rodents in czechoslovakia.	the antigen of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) was detected in the lungs of the following free-living small rodents trapped in different localities in eastern slovakia: clethrionomys glareolus (2 positive samples of 7), apodemus flavicollis (1 sample of 24) and apodemus agrarius (7 positive samples of 66). the virus was first identified by indirect fluorescent antibody (fa) staining using human convalescent serum from a case of epidemic nephropathy (ne) of scandinavia. the lung sus ...	1984	6151356
antigenic relatedness of alphaherpesviruses isolated from free-living rodents.	complement fixation and virus neutralization tests confirmed that alphaherpesviruses isolated from free-living apodemus flavicollis and clethrionomys glareolus rodents form an antigenically identical or very close group. immunofluorescence showed that antigen assembly and distribution within the infected cell resembles that of members of the alphaherpesvirinae subfamily. radioimmunoassay revealed close antigenic relatedness between five rodent herpesvirus isolates. moreover it suggested a possib ...	1982	6188352
effects of gonadotrophin on the ovary of apodemus flavicollis in winter anoestrus.	wild-caught female apodemus flavicollis were given daily subcutaneous injections of pmsg + hcg on two consecutive days (2xpmsg + hcg), hcg on two days (2 x hcg), pmsg + hcg until their vagina became perforate (perforate), and pmsg + hcg until they became perforate and were left undisturbed for another five days (perforate + 5). untreated females served as controls. the ovaries and uteri increased in weight as a result of the treatment. the number of healthy follicles increased in "perforate" fem ...	1984	6588745
[blood parasites of small wild mammals in steiermark and burgenland].	a total of 488 wild small mammals (16 species) trapped in two federate units of austria, steiermark and burgenland, were examined on the presence of blood parasites. in steiermark grahamelles were detected in neomys fodiens, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, m. agrestis, apodemus flavicollis and a. sylvaticus, while trypanosoma evotomys and hepatozoon erhardovae were found in c. glareolus, and babesia microti in pitymys subterraneus and m. agrestis. in burgenland grahamelles were demons ...	1980	6778802
prevalence of pneumocystis carinii delanoë & delanoë, 1912 in rodents in denmark.	pneumocystis carinii has been found in 17 of 90 (19%) wild living trapped brown rats (rattus norvegicus). the positive brown rats originated from about 25% of the trapping localities examined. among brown rats of two breeding stocks, h and s, pneumocysts were found in 43.5% of the h rats, but in none of the s rats. by keeping brown h rats on a low protein diet for 8 weeks, it was possible to augment the prevalence to 53.8%. pneumocystis carinii has furthermore been found in one of eight (12.5%) ...	1980	6965782
comparative effect of the three rodenticides warfarin, difenacoum and brodifacoum on eight rodent species in short feeding periods.	short laboratory feeding tests were carried out with the anticoagulants warfarin, difenacoum, and brodifacoum on a number of european rodent species: clethrionomys glareolus, microtus agrestis, m. arvalis, apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, mus musculus, rattus rattus and r. norvegicus. it was found that the toxicity to all species was highest with brodifacoum and lowest with warfarin, and that only 0.005% brodifacoum would give a complete mortality in most species after one day's feeding. the ...	1981	7019316
collyricloides massanae vaucher, 1969, in a starling (sturnus vulgaris l.) in the netherlands.	collyricloides massanae (trematoda: collyriclidae) is described from cysts in the wall of the small intestine of a starling (sturnus vulgaris l.) in the netherlands. the original descriptin was from a yellow necked mouse, apodemus flavicollis (melchior), so this is the first record of the species in birds.	1980	7410811
the role of b chromosomes in the population dynamics of yellow-necked wood mice apodemus flavicollis (rodentia, mammalia).	seasonal changes in the frequency of animals with b chromosomes were studied during 1989 in the population of yellow-necked wood mice, apodemus flavicollis, on the mountain jastrebac in yugoslavia. during the study the estimated density of animals reached a very large value (378.8 individuals/ha for the april sample), which produced stress conditions leading to population decline. six samples with a total of 247 specimens were karyotypically analyzed. animals with bs were present in all samples ...	1995	7557359
clethrionomys glareolus, but not apodemus flavicollis, acquires resistance to ixodes ricinus l., the main european vector of borrelia burgdorferi.	the european rodents clethrionomys glareolus (bank vole) and apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked-mouse) are important hosts of the tick species ixodes ricinus, the main european vector of borrelia burgdorferi. we have addressed the question whether or not these tick hosts develop resistance to i. ricinus larvae. c. glareolus and a. flavicollis were exposed to 40 i. ricinus larvae for five consecutive times at two week intervals. resistance was tested by the following parameters: percentage of ti ...	1995	7624158
a heterogeneous distribution of emmonsia parva var. crescens in an agro-ecosystem.	the lung tissue of 1143 rodents of five species, caught at a number of sites and habitats in an agro-ecosystem (southern moravia, czech republic) in 1988-1993, was examined for the presence of adiaspores of emmonsia parva var. crescens (emmons et jellison) van oorschot. the overall prevalence of adiasporomycosis was 16.6%, but its distribution varied significantly according to rodent species (clethrionomys glareolus 37.6%, apodemus flavicollis 33.3%, a. sylvaticus 21.1%, a microps 9.2%, microtus ...	1995	7666301
mixed natural focus of tick-borne encephalitis, tularemia and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in west slovakia.	total of 923 small mammals of 7 species were collected in locality záhorská ves, west slovakia, in 1990-1992. among examined small mammal species it was clethrionomys glareolus (48.7% of total, 17.5% positive for tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus antibodies), apodemus flavicollis (29.7% of total, 17.5% positive), a. sylvaticus (11.3% of total, 16.3% positive), and microtus arvalis (6.2% of total, 10.5% positive). the most abundant tick species (larval and nymphal stages) on small mammals was i ...	1995	7676942
[nucleolus organizer regions and b-chromosomes of field mice (mammalia, rodentia, apodemus)].	distribution of nucleolus organizer regions (nors) in karyotypes was studied in 10 species of wood mice, including apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, a. uralensis (= a. microps), a. fulvipectus (= a. falzfeini), a. ponticus, a. hyrcanicus, a. mystacinus, a. agrarius, a. peninsulae, and a. speciosus. peculiarities of nor location in karyotypes can be used in interspecific diagnostics of wood mice. intraspecific polymorphism of a. sylvaticus, a. agrarius, and a. peninsulae in terms of the number ...	1995	7721059
quantification of residual virulence of the vnukovo-32/107 rabies virus vaccination strain.	the present work summarizes the results of 11 groups of experiments carried out with the aim to complexly quantify the residual virulence of a cold mutant of the vnukovo-32/107 rabies virus vaccination strain intended for the preparation of an oral rabies vaccine (kamark) for the immunization of free-living carnivores. according to who prescriptions, residual virulence was quantified in experiments on carnivores, mainly red foxes (vulpes vulpes)--the presumed target species, and farm-bred polar ...	1995	7740717
borrelia burgdorferi in rodents (apodemus flavicollis and a. sylvaticus): duration and enhancement of infectivity for ixodes ricinus ticks.	ixodes ricinus is an important vector of borrelia burgdorferi in europe, and small rodents (apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus and clethrionomys glareolus) are important sources for infecting ticks. in this study, we examined their reservoir role by studying the duration of their infectivity for ticks. a. flavicollis and a. sylvaticus mice captured in nature were exposed to uninfected i. ricinus larvae at different times after their capture: 10 days, and 2, 7, 11, 14 and 40 months. ticks were e ...	1994	7957795
differential immune responses to borrelia burgdorferi in european wild rodent species influence spirochete transmission to ixodes ricinus l. (acari: ixodidae).	immune responses to borrelia burgdorferi and their influence on spirochete transmission to ixodes ricinus were analyzed in the natural european reservoir hosts; i.e., the mouse species apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked mouse) and apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse) and the vole species clethrionomys glareolus (bank vole), and, in addition, in the laboratory mouse strain nmri. naive and preimmunized rodents were infected either by artificially infected i. ricinus larvae or by intradermal injection ...	1994	7960113
cryptosporidiosis in poland: clinical, epidemiologic and parasitologic aspects.	stool samples from 692 children hospitalized with symptoms of gastroenteritis, were examined for cryptosporidium parvum. the oocysts were found in 17 (2.4%) children. there was no association with age, sex or location of household. however, relatively higher rate of oocyst exclusion was found among 2-month- to 3-year-old groups (50%) and among children from villages (43%). six children from the group of infected were additionally screened for general immunocompetence. four of these exhibited sig ...	1993	8013931
[the dynamics of the metabolic and functional activities of the immunocompetent cells in mice following immunization with different vaccines against q fever].	it was shown that the immunization of mice by the chemical q fever vaccine prepared with the use of the strain "coxiella burnetii, nine mile", phase i did not markedly activate the oxidative metabolism of the peritoneal exudate cells and did not induce the non-specific cytotoxicity in them. however, it resulted in a significant suppression of the mitogen-induced proliferation of splenocytes on days 3-5. the immunization of mice by the combined (corpuscular/chemical) vaccine prepared with the use ...	1993	8085902
belgrade virus, a cause of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the balkans, is closely related to dobrava virus of field mice.	belgrade virus is a recently described hantavirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in people living in various parts of the balkan peninsula. nucleotide sequencing of the g2-encoding region in the medium (m) segment of the viral genome, reverse transcribed and amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, revealed the belgrade virus to be substantially different from hantaan virus and other major serotypes of hantavirus but identical to dobrava virus, a virus isolate ...	1993	8102632
further isolation of murine herpesviruses from small mammals in southwestern slovakia.	a total of 69 small mammals of 6 species were collected in localities marcelová and kopác (southwestern slovakia) and investigated. two strains of murine herpesvirus (mhv) have been isolated and reisolated from apodemus flavicollis. both virus strains killed suckling mice after i.c. and i.p. inoculation. adult mice were killed 4-7 days after i.c. inoculation. cross antigenic reactions among 14c aminoacid hydrolysate labelled mhv-72 infected vero cells and mouse immune sera against the two new is ...	1993	8105644
tick-borne encephalitis virus activity in styria, austria.	from 3,404 ixodes ricinus ticks collected in 12 localities of styria, austria in 1990, 15 tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus isolates were recovered. minimal field infection rate reached 4.4 virus containing ticks out of 1,000 collected ticks. five isolates of tbe virus were obtained from target organs of apodemus flavicollis trapped in locality wagnitz. in a serosurvey based on virus neutralizing antibodies high prevalence of tbe virus was demonstrated in a. flavicollis (47.9%) and clethrionom ...	1993	8105665
[serologic screening for the occurrence of leptospira antibodies in small wild mammals].	during the five years (1986-1990) free living small mammals were examined serologically for the presence of antibodies to leptospires. standardized techniques were used in the serological examinations (sebek, 1979). a total 4634 specimens representing 15 mammalian species were examined. during the studied period, higher occurrence of small terrestrial mammals was noticed in the years 1987-1988. in these years, 61% of specimens out of the total number of trapped animals were examined. the field m ...	1993	8236637
[the first isolation of borrelia burgdorferi in apodemus flavicollis in yugoslavia].	small rodent species, as well as their ectoparasitic fauna, and the presence of borrelia burgdorferi in their blood and internal organs (liver and spleen) was investigated, at two locations (kosutnjak, lipovicka suma) in belgrade. animals were caught between september 15-17, 1992. on location kosutnjak two apodemus flavicollis were trapped and borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from the spleen of one of them. on location lipovicka suma 13 rodents were trapped as follows: 10 apodemus flavicollis, ...	1993	8262432
the prevalence of small terrestrial mammals infected with tick-borne encephalitis virus and leptospirae in the foothills of the southern bavarian forest, germany.	in the district of grafenau/freyung (bavaria, germany), 266 specimens of small terrestrial mammals of 8 species were captured using live traps. from these mammals, apodemus flavicollis (42.1%) and clethrionomys glareolus (39.5%) were prevalent. all animals were tested for neutralizing antibodies to tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus and agglutinating antibodies to leptospirae. seropositivity against tbe virus was 14.0% and against leptospirae 7.9%, respectively. seropositivity to leptospirae ap ...	1993	8298661
borrelia burgdorferi in a focus of lyme borreliosis: epizootiologic contribution of small mammals.	the contribution of woodmice (apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) was compared in a focus of lyme borreliosis in switzerland during a 7 months' study. all three species of mice and one species of shrews (sorex araneus) were shown parasitized by infected ixodes ricinus immatures. about 14% of larvae and 50% of nymphs collected on small mammals were infected with b. burgdorferi. spirochetes were isolated from blood of 3 woodmice ...	1993	8325567
dobrava virus as a new hantavirus: evidenced by comparative sequence analysis.	dobrava virus, recently isolated from a yellow-neck mouse (apodemus flavicollis), captured in a northern slovenian village where severe cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome were recognized, was shown by serology and restriction enzyme digestion of pcr-amplified gene segments to be related to previously recognized hantaviruses. to investigate further the relationship of this new isolate to other hantaviruses, a portion of the medium (m) genome segment of dobrava virus was amplified by p ...	1993	8487037
infestation of rodents with larval ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) is an important factor in the transmission cycle of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in german woodlands.	the ecology of borrelia burgdorferi johnson et al. s.l. was investigated from 1987 to 1993 in a preserved woodland in western germany near bonn. in selected biotopes, host-seeking ixodes ricinus l. were regularly collected by blanket dragging in 1987, 1988, and 1989 and screened for infection with b. burgdorferi. rodents were trapped monthly between april and october in 1988, 1990, 1991, and in the winter of 1992-1993, examined for antibodies to b. burgdorferi s.l., and inspected for feeding tic ...	1995	8551503
importance of localized skin infection in tick-borne encephalitis virus transmission.	arboviruses are transmitted to vertebrates by the "bite" of infected arthropods. events at the site of virus deposition are largely unknown despite increasing evidence that blood-sucking arthropods immunomodulate their skin site of feeding. this question is particularly relevant for ixodid ticks that feed for several days. to examine events under conditions mimicking tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus transmission in nature (i.e., infected and uninfected ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on the same ...	1996	8638401
a comparison of phase contrast microscopy and an immunofluorescence test for the detection of giardia spp. in faecal specimens from cattle and wild rodents.	as part of a study on the presence of giardia cysts in water, a commercial direct immunofluorescence (dif) test for the cysts was evaluated and compared to phase contrast microscopy. forty faecal samples were collected from cattle; 31 contained giardia. all 31 samples were positive by dif whereas only 17 were detected by microscopy. the detected giardia cysts were identified as belonging to the g. duodenalis group. 216 faecal samples were collected from wild rodents (apodemus flavicollis, a. syl ...	1996	8758066
safety study of the sag2 rabies virus mutant in several non-target species with a view to its future use for the immunization of foxes in europe.	the safety of the sag2 virus, a low virulence mutant of the sad strain, was investigated in ten species of mammals and seven species of birds liable to consume vaccine baits. these species are the western hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus), the meadow vole (microtus arvalis), the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus), the water vole (arvicola terrestris), the field mouse (apodemus flavicollis or a. sylvaticus), the norway rat (rattus norvegicus), the european badger (meles meles), the domestic ferret ...	1996	9014291
[leptospira antibodies in small mammals in eastern slovakia].	during the five years (1991-1995) mostly free living small mammals were examined serologically for the presence of antibodies to leptospira. serological examinations were used by kmety and bakoss (1978). altogether, 2493 individuals of 22 species were examined, an important part of host material (69.6%) was caught in two lowland areas which are intensively cultivated landscapes (east slovakian lowland and kosická kotlina basin). the remaining material comes from submontane areas with less agricu ...	1996	9045500
unique chromosome rearrangements in karyotypes of yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis) from various populations.	cytogenetic monitoring of yellow-necked mouse populations in various parts of the species range revealed deviations from the standard chromosome set in two individuals (female from the bryanskaya region and male from the samarskaya region). in both of them the wholly acrocentric chromosome set was supplemented by a large unpaired submetacentric chromosome. the c-banding showed no structural homology between these newly formed chromosomes. obviously, they had been produced by different mechanisms ...	1997	9162686
isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from apodemus flavicollis (rodentia, muridae) and clethrionomys glareolus (rodentia, cricetidae).		1997	9200832
puumala and dobrava viruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in bosnia-herzegovina: evidence of highly cross-neutralizing antibody responses in early patient sera.	hantavirus infection was diagnosed serologically by mu-capture igm and igg elisas in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) patients admitted to tuzla hospital, bosnia-herzegovina. the results indicated that more than one hantavirus caused the outbreak. to address the question of which hantavirus serotypes were involved, sequentially drawn sera were analyzed by focus reduction neutralization test (frnt) for antibodies against puumala, hantaan, dobrava, and seoul hantaviruses. the data reve ...	1997	9298732
tick-borne encephalitis virus transmission between ticks cofeeding on specific immune natural rodent hosts.	to determine whether the portion of a vertebrate host population having specific immunity to tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus can participate in the tbe virus transmission cycle, natural hosts immunized against tbe virus were challenged with infected and uninfected ticks. yellow-necked field mice (apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) were either immunized with tbe virus by subcutaneous inoculation of the virus, or they were exposed to virus-infected ixodes ricinus ti ...	1997	9300045
[myobia mites (acariformes: myobiidae)--parasites of the murid (rodentia: muridae) fauna of russia and adjacent countries].	eleven species of myobiid mites (myobiidae) of the genera myobia (7 species) and radfordia (4 species) are recorded in a territory of the ex-ussr. one new species is described: radfordia (s. str.) mironovi sp. n. from the apodemus flavicollis (melchior) collected in the crimea. a new diagnosis of the subgenus myobia and a list of myobiid species recently recorded in the ex-ussr are given.	1997	9304106
spontaneous and radiation-induced micronuclei in erythrocytes from four species of wild rodents: a comparison with cba mice.	almost 100 animals of 4 different species of small wild rodents (bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus; field vole, microtus agrestis; yellow-necked mouse, apodemus flavicollis; and wood mouse, apodemus sylvaticus) were trapped in central sweden and used in experiments to determine the spontaneous and radiation-induced frequencies of polychromatic (fmpce) and normochromatic erythrocytes (fmnce) from bone marrow (bm) and peripheral blood (pb) using flow cytometric analysis. the results were compared ...	1997	9357562
identification of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato tick isolates from slovakia by pcr typing with 16s rrna primers.	the first four strains of borrelia burgdorferi isolated in slovakia from ticks and mice were studied using monoclonal antibodies, the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) with 16s rrna specific primers and plasmid profiles. two tick isolates were typed as borrelia garinii, one strain isolated from apodemus flavicollis was found to be b. afzelii and the fourth tick isolate reacted as a mixed culture of b. garinii and b. afzelii. all four strains harboured several plasmids ranging from 6-50 kbp includi ...	1997	9361381
vaccination of natural reservoir hosts with recombinant lipidated ospa induces a transmission-blocking immunity against lyme disease spirochaetes associated with high levels of la-2 equivalent antibodies.	as observed in humans, immune responses in naturally infected reservoir hosts of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato rarely target the outer surface proteins (osp) a and b of lyme disease spirochaetes. the absence of protective immunity in such hosts following tick-borne infection allows them to play an effective role in the maintenance of lyme borreliosis in nature. therefore, the question was addressed whether one of the most prominent natural reservoir host species of b. burgdorferi s.l. in europ ...	1997	9364698
[relation between characteristics of the small mammal population and occurrence of leptospira antibodies].	five rodent species (apodemus flavicollis, a. agrarius, a. microps, clethrionomys glareolus and microtus arvalis) were examined serologically for presence of antibodies to leptospira. small mammals were caught in several areas of eastern slovakia, an important part of host material coming from east slovakian lowland (45.7%), south part of kosice basin (26.5%) and slovak carst (10.1%). serological examinations were used by kmety and bakoss (1978), the sexual condition of rodents were ascertained ...	1997	9481926
emmonsiosis of wild rodents and insectivores in czechland.	adiaspores of the fungus emmonsia crescens were detected microscopically in the lung tissue of 13% of 10.081 small mammals belonging to 24 species examined in 14 areas of the czech republic between 1986 and 1997; 441/1.934 (23%) clethrionomys glareolus, 1/6 (17%) arvicola terrestris, 357/2.172 (16%) apodemus flavicollis, 220/1.981 (11%). a sylvaticus, 23/265 (9%) a. microps, 11/81 (14%) microtus subterraneus, 93/1.275 (7%) m. arvalis, 98/1.439 (7%) m. agrestis, 1/3 (33%) ondatra zibethicus, 1/1 ...	1999	10231750
on the mtdna restriction patterns variation of the iberian wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus). comparison with other west mediterranean populations.	in previous studies, the presence of three main lineages of wood mice mtdna was described in western europe: a first one distributed from the pyrenees to scandinavia. a thyrrenian one occurring in peninsular italy, elba, corsica and sardinia and a third one restricted to sicily and marettimo. do the iberian wood mice belong to one of these lineages? in order to answer this question, animals were trapped all over the iberian peninsula (11 sites) as well as in three of the balearic islands. compar ...	1998	10319716
immunocytochemical study of parafollicular (c) cells of the thyroid in some wild rodents.	studies were done on 3 wild species of rodents: field voles (microtus agrestis, linnaeus 1761), bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus, schreber 1780), and forest mice (apodemus flavicollis, melchior 1834). immunocytochemical reactions were used to detect calcitonin (ct), calcitonin gene-related peptide (cgrp), neuron-specific enolase (nse), chromogranin a (cga) in the thyroid parafollicular (c) cells in all species examined. antisera to human ct, rat cgrp, bovine cga, rat nse and human nse give pr ...	1999	10332521
crest staining of micronuclei from free-living rodents to detect environmental contamination in situ.	in this work immunofluorescent antikinetochore (crest) staining was used to analyse bone marrow micronuclei (mn) from free-living animals belonging to four different rodent species. yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) were trapped in the czech republic, algerian mice (mus spretus) in spain and house mice (mus musculus domesticus) in italy. animals were collected in areas displaying low or high environmental pollution in order to investigate the sens ...	1999	10390506
mosaic pattern of borrelia infection in a continuous population of the tick ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae).	an array of 12 20 x 20 m quadrats in a mixed forest near poteply, central bohemia, czech republic, was investigated for the abundance and spatial distribution of host-questing ixodes ricinus nymphs and their infection with borreliae. tick densities were estimated by flagging and their borrelia infection status was determined by direct immunofluorescence. while the tick population appeared to be continuous and homogeneous based on quadrat counts, their infection with borreliae evinced a mosaic pa ...	1999	10399308
aspects of mammalian spermatogenesis: electrophoretical analysis of protamines in mammalian species.	protamines are small, highly basic proteins that replace histones and testicular basic proteins during the development of mature spermatozoa, spermatogenesis. in mammals, extensive disulfide crosslinking of protamines result in the formation of a compact chromatin structure devoid of transcriptional activity. as determined by isolation and electrophoresis of protamines, only one protamine has been detected in the mature spermatozoa of most mammalian species. however, in the spermatozoa of the mo ...	1999	10597046
dna profiling of b chromosomes from the yellow-necked mouse apodemus flavicollis (rodentia, mammalia).	using ap-pcr-based dna profiling we examined some structural features of b chromosomes from yellow-necked mice apodemus flavicollis. mice harboring one, two, or three or lacking b chromosomes were examined. chromosomal structure was scanned for variant bands by using a series of arbitrary primers and from these, informative bands were selected. the selection criteria used were the ability to differentiate between individuals of the species, to detect markers common for both a and b chromosomes, ...	2000	10645950
pcr detection of granulocytic ehrlichiae in ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in western switzerland.	the presence of granulocytic ehrlichiae was demonstrated by pcr in ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in switzerland in two areas of endemicity for bovine ehrlichiosis. six ticks (three females and three nymphs) (1.4%) of 417 i. ricinus ticks collected by flagging vegetation contained ehrlichial dna. a total of 201 small mammals from five species, wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis), earth vole (pitymys subterraneus), bank vole (clethrionomys gla ...	2000	10698987
genetic analysis of wild-type dobrava hantavirus in slovenia: co-existence of two distinct genetic lineages within the same natural focus.	genetic analysis was performed of wild-type (wt) dobrava hantavirus (dob) strains from slovenia, the country where the virus was first discovered and where it was found to cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), with a fatality rate of 12%. two hundred and sixty mice of the genus apodemus:, trapped in five natural foci of dob-associated hfrs during 1990-1996, were screened for the presence of anti-hantavirus antibodies and 49 apodemus: flavicollis and four apodemus: agrarius were fo ...	2000	10859380
genetic and morphological heterogeneity in small rodent whipworms in southwestern europe: characterization of trichuris muris and description of trichuris arvicolae n. sp. (nematoda: trichuridae).	genetic and morphological variability of whipworms trichuris roederer, 1761 (nematoda: trichuridae), parasites of small rodents in southwestern europe, was studied. isozyme patterns of natural populations of nematodes parasitizing rodent species of the muridae (apodemus sylvaticus, apodemus flavicollis, mus musculus) and arvicolidae (clethrionomys glareolus, microtus agrestis, microtus arvalis) were analyzed at 6 putative loci. two diagnostic loci were found in t. muris from muridae and from arv ...	2000	10864238