Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year(sorted ascending) Filter | PMID Filter |
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| [experimental infection of the mouse micromys minutus with the virus of czechoslovakian tickborne encephalitis]. | 1957 | 13437334 | |
| 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 |
| [comparative study of rice fields for leptospirora carriers among micromys minutus]. | 1969 | 4990402 | |
| myobia micromydis spec. nov. (myobidae trombidiformes from micromys minutus pallas. | 1970 | 5509819 | |
| double leptospira-carrying in a single individual of micromys minutus. | 1970 | 4999586 | |
| some morphophsiologic features of the harvest mouse (micromys minutus pall) in the forest tundra of the pri-ob territory. | 1972 | 4668810 | |
| a serological proof of adiaspiromycosis in wild rodents. | using serological and histological methods, we examined 92 specimens of small, wild rodents (apodemus sylvaticus, clethrionomys glareolus, micromys minutus, microtus agrestis, m. arvalis, mus musculus and pitymys subterraneus) for the incidence of adiaspiromycosis. in addition, we examined 16 white, laboratory mice after their exposure to a natural biotope in which the incidence of adiaspiromycosis had been confirmed earlier. the results of serological tests were in correlation with those obtain ... | 1980 | 7450616 |
| [studies on the blood picture of harvest mice (micromys minutus japonicus) (author's transl)]. | 1980 | 7223327 | |
| experimental characteristics of viraemia caused by two strains of tick-borne encephalitis virus in small rodents. | two strains of tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus differing in virulence for subcutaneously (s.x.) inoculated adult white mice elicited different levels of viraemia in small rodents. strain skalica of a lowered virulence caused no detectable viraemia in adult clethrionomys glareolus and only negligible viraemia in adult apodemus sylvaticus, microtus arvalis and pitymys subterraneus species. the virulent strain 204 gave rise to higher levels of viraemia, sufficient for infection of tbe virus vec ... | 1981 | 6116416 |
| adrenal cortex of micromys minutus japonicus (japanese harvest mouse). its histochemical and fine structural study. | micromys minutus japonicus (japanese harvest mouse) is one of the smallest known mammals and is easily maintainable in the laboratory. the adrenal cortex of this animal is described here for the first time. the morphological structure with histochemistry was essentially the same as that of the mouse or the rat. however, the histochemical activity of steroid 3 beta-oh dehydrogenase in the zona glomerulosa was characteristically positive in this animal and electron microscopically golgi's apparatu ... | 1985 | 4024939 |
| flow cytometric correlation between brdu/hoechst quench effect and base pair composition in mammalian cell nuclei. | 72 h after growth stimulation in brdu supplemented media hoechst fluorescence histograms of mammalian euploid cell cultures display up to five distinct peaks which correspond to a consecutive series of cell maturity classes. this pattern is due to differential quenching of the hoechst fluorescence by brdu-substituted chromatin. there are constitutive differences in the efficacy of fluorescence quenching among species: human and bovine cells display more quenching at unifilary as apposed to bifil ... | 1985 | 2412990 |
| the fate of the primary diploid population during spontaneous transformation of growth factor-supplemented murine cell cultures. | primary cultures derived from lung and renal tissue of the newborn harvest mouse (micromys minutus) were serially passaged in media supplemented with epidermal growth factor, hydrocortisone, transferrin, insulin, and triiodothyronine. although these growth factor supplements eliminated the growth crisis commonly encountered during the initial stages of murine primary cultures, the original diploid cell fraction clearly underwent such a "crisis"; the truly diploid cells invariably disappeared as ... | 1986 | 3536360 |
| the chromosomes of micromys minutus (rodentia, murinae). ii. pairing pattern of x and y chromosomes in meiotic prophase. | both light and electron microscopy were used to study the pairing behavior of the sex chromosomes of the harvest mouse, micromys minutus, in surface-spread pachytene spermatocytes. the xy pairing pattern is very exceptional in that the site of synaptic initiation is located interstitially in the short arms of the x and the y, next to their centromeric regions. from this tiny euchromatic site, synapsis proceeds unidirectionally along the homologous heterochromatic short arms of the x and the y to ... | 1987 | 3691178 |
| differences in growth factor sensitivity between primary and transformed murine cell cultures revealed by brdu/hoechst flow cytometry. | spontaneous cell transformation is a common feature of all murine cell cultures grown in vitro for extended periods of time. during early passages, these cultures show either progressively reduced growth or complete cessation of growth; after such a 'crisis' they display increasing growth rates and unlimited lifespan. here we use a novel bromodeoxyuridine/hoechst flow-cytometric technique to examine the growth response of diploid and transformed cells of the murine species micromys minutus under ... | 1987 | 3327716 |
| cloning and characterization of a papillomavirus associated with papillomas and carcinomas in the european harvest mouse (micromys minutus). | individuals in a colony of european harvest mice (micromys minutus) were diagnosed with a variety of skin tumors including papillomas, trichoepitheliomas, and sebaceous carcinomas. papillomavirus group-specific antigens and viruslike particles were detected in the papillomas. a 7.6-kilobase supercoiled circular dna, which was cleaved once by ecori, was visualized in papilloma extracts by low-stringency southern blot hybridization with a bovine papillomavirus type 2 probe. the molecule was cloned ... | 1988 | 2824849 |
| papillomas and carcinomas associated with a papillomavirus in european harvest mice (micromys minutus). | papillomaviruses, group-specific papillomavirus antigens, or extrachromosomal papillomavirus dna were detected in cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and pulmonary tumors affecting a colony of european harvest mice (micromys minutus). skin lesions were classified as acanthomatous hyperplasia, epidermal inclusion cysts, squamous papillomas, inverted papillomas, trichoepitheliomas, and sebaceous carcinomas. cutaneous horns (hyperkeratotic papillomas) were on mucocutaneous junctions of one animal. one mouse, ... | 1988 | 2852868 |
| absence of papillomavirus in skin tumors induced in sencar mice by a two-stage carcinogenesis protocol. | sencar mice are unusually sensitive to induction of papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas by initiation with 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (dmba) and promotion by 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (tpa). tumors induced by this protocol were tested for the presence of papillomavirus by immunohistochemistry, southern blot, reverse southern blot and dot blot hybridization techniques. papillomavirus antigens were not detected in any of 235 tumors or 142 non-tumor-bearing skin samples analyzed. so ... | 1990 | 2154340 |
| fatty acid hydroxylase system in the japanese harvest mouse, micromys minutus. | liver microsomes of the japanese harvest mouse (micromys minutus), which is the smallest known mammal among rodents, catalyze the hydroxylation of various fatty acids (c8 to c18) to the corresponding omega-hydroxy and (omega-1)-hydroxy derivatives. although laurate is most effectively hydroxylated among saturated fatty acids by liver microsomes of other species, harvest mouse liver microsomes most effectively catalyze the hydroxylation of decanoate. from inhibitor and cofactor studies, and from ... | 1990 | 2329924 |
| comparative aspects of microsomal cytochrome p-450-dependent monooxygenase activities in musk shrew (suncus murinus), mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus), harvest mouse (micromys minutus) and rat. | 1. the cytochrome p-450 content (0.75 +/- 0.13 nmol/mg microsomal protein) in musk shrew (suncus, suncus murinus) liver microsomes was lower than that (1.30 +/- 0.26) in rat liver microsomes, but it is approximately the same level as in the mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus, 1.18 +/- 0.14), harvest mouse (micromys minutus, 1.11 +/- 0.02) and rat. 2. the hydroxylation activity (based on cytochrome p-450) of medium-chain fatty acids (otanoic, decanoic, lauric and tridecanoic acids) is much h ... | 1991 | 1799966 |
| study on vector mites of tsutsugamushi disease in cheju island, korea. | because no reference on trombiculid mites (acarina: trombiculidae) in cheju island where tsutsugamushi disease is highly endemic had been available, studies on trombiculid mites in cheju island were implemented during the period of august 1991-april 1992, and the results obtained are summarized as follows: (1) the species and numbers of the field rodents collected were 143 apodemus agrarius chejuensis (92.3%), 11 crocidura lasiura (7.1%) and 1 micromys minutus (0.6%). from total 12,075 chiggers ... | 1992 | 1297424 |
| primary structure of the e6 protein of micromys minutus papillomavirus and mastomys natalensis papillomavirus. | 1992 | 1319576 | |
| prevalence of antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in danish rodents. | six rodent species from six danish localities were examined for antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi by immunofluorescence assay (ifa). a total of 1097 specimens were tested using a serum titre of 1:8. the wild mice apodemus sylvaticus and a. flavicollis had high prevalences of b. burgdorferi antibodies of 42.1% and 27.9% respectively, but the vole microtus agrestis also showed an exceptionally high prevalence of 32.7%. clethrionomys glareolus had a low average prevalence of 17.4%. the lowest and ... | 1995 | 7612254 |
| analysis of genomic sequences of 95 papillomavirus types: uniting typing, phylogeny, and taxonomy. | our aim was to study the phylogenetic relationships of all known papillomaviruses (pvs) and the possibility of establishing a supratype taxonomic classification based on this information. of the many detectably homologous segments present in pv genomes, a 291-bp segment of the l1 gene is notable because it is flanked by the my09 and my11 consensus primers and contains highly conserved amino acid residues which simplify sequence alignment. we determined the my09-my11 sequences of human pv type 20 ... | 1995 | 7707535 |
| role of small mammals in the epidemiology of toxocariasis. | studies were conducted on the role of small mammals in maintaining toxocariasis foci in urban, rural and montane biotopes. the lowest relative density of small mammals was recorded in the urban locality and the highest in the rural and montane localities. anti-toxocara antibodies were most frequently detected in synanthropic and hemisynanthropic species mus musculus, apodemus agrarius and micromys minutus--32.0, 30.4 and 25.0%, respectively. the highest seropositivity was found in small mammals ... | 1995 | 7885737 |
| size-dependent morphology of the conductive bronchial tree in four species of myomorph rodents. | size-dependent structural patterns in the conductive bronchial tree of four species of myomorph rodents of different body weight were determined by lung casts. the lungs of the harvest mouse, micromys minutus, body weight 5-7 g, the house mouse, mus musculus, body weight 35-45 g, the brown rat, rattus norvegicus, body weight 200-400 g, and the african giant pouched rat, cricetomys gambianus, body weight 1,200-1,800 g, were inflated to 20 cm h2o, frozen, freeze-dried, hardened, and filled with si ... | 1996 | 8916429 |
| a tendon-locking mechanism in two climbing rodents, muscardinus avellanarius and micromys minutus (mammalia, rodentia). | having compared the microanatomy of the toes of a terrestrial to two climbing species, adaptations were found in the flexor tendons and in the integument. in contrast to crocidura russula, both muscardinus avellanarius and micromys minutus have a tendon-locking mechanism (tlm) that is engaged when the middle phalanx is bent. a ventral thickening of the flexor tendon is situated deep to a thickened portion of the ventral tendon sheath. when twigs or stalks are grasped, the tlm allows less muscula ... | 1996 | 8755339 |
| [further study of hantavirus circulation in the russian federation]. | lung specimens of 1514 small mammals of 35 species captured in 1991-1995 at 9 territories of russia were tested in elisa for virus antigens of hemorrhagic fever with the renal syndrome (hfrs). the antigens were detected in lung specimens of clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, microtus gregalis, microtus fortis, arvicola terrestris, apodemus agrarius, micromys minutus, and sorex sp., well known as hantavirus reservoirs, captured in the vologda, yaroslavl, saratov, astrakhan, and chita regi ... | 1997 | 9182404 |
| 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 |
| early development of climbing skills in harvest mice. | the tiny harvest mouse, micromys minutus, is skilled at climbing among grasses. owing to the short lactation period of 15-16 days, young harvest mice need to achieve this climbing skill very rapidly. we examined the early development of five components of climbing behaviour and the final climbing pattern of harvest mice from birth to weaning. during the lactation period, the pups' climbing ability developed rapidly and they were able to climb a vertical bar by the time they first emerged from th ... | 1999 | 10413558 |
| biochronological implications of the arvicolidae (rodentia, mammalia) from the lower pleistocene hominid-bearing level of trinchera dolina 6 (td6, atapuerca, spain). | level td6 of the trinchera dolina section in the railway cutting of the sierre de atapuerca (trinchera del ferrocarril) has yielded a rich small mammal assemblage (26 species) in association with fossil human remains of homo antecessor. the arvicolids of td6 are identified as: mimomys savini, microtus seseae, stenocranius gregaloides, terricola arvalidens, iberomys huescarensis, allophaiomys chalinei, and pliomys episcopalis. the rodent association also includes large rodents (i.e., castor fiber ... | 1999 | 10496992 |
| identification of bartonella species in rodents, shrews and cats in denmark: detection of two b. henselae variants, one in cats and the other in the long-tailed field mouse. | small mammals and stray cats were trapped in two areas of north zealand, denmark, and their blood cultured for hemotrophic bacteria. bacterial isolates were recovered in pure culture and subjected to 16s rdna gene sequencing. bartonella species were isolated from five mammalian species: b. grahamii from microtus agrestis (field vole) and apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked field mouse); b. taylorii from m. agrestis, a. flavicollis and a. sylvaticus (long-tailed field mouse); b. tribocorum from a ... | 2004 | 15511270 |
| is there an association of pneumocystis infection with the presence of arena-, hanta-, and poxvirus antibodies in wild mice and shrews in finland? | as part of studies on the nature of the endemic virus infections in natural rodent hosts, the possible association of cyst forms of pneumocystis spp. with the presence of hanta-, cowpox-, and arenavirus antibodies in wild mice (apodemus flavicollis, n=105; apodemus agrarius, n=63; micromys minutus, n=50) and the common shrew (sorex araneus, n=101) was studied in south-central finland. one hantavirus (saaremaa virus, saav) seropositive a. agrarius, and 2 cowpoxvirus (cpxv) seropositive s. araneus ... | 2006 | 16556344 |
| [helminth fauna of rodents (arvicolidae and muridae) from the kampinos national park]. | the aim of the study was to examine the parasite fauna of rodents living in natural environment, but in close contact with human seats (small village at the area of the natural big forest). | 2006 | 17120995 |
| complete genomic characterization of a murine papillomavirus isolated from papillomatous lesions of a european harvest mouse (micromys minutus). | the papillomaviruses form a large group of species-specific pathogens that cause epithelial proliferations in a wide spectrum of animal hosts. previous reports demonstrated a relatively high frequency of a variety of skin lesions in captive european harvest mice. the micromys minutus papillomavirus (mmpv) was isolated from one of these lesions found on a captive european harvest mouse in a regional zoo in chicago. in this study we present the entire genomic sequence of mmpv. the mmpv genome is o ... | 2007 | 17412977 |
| chromosome homology between mouse and three muridae species, millardia meltada, acomys dimidiatus and micromys minutus, and conserved chromosome segments in murid karyotypes. | comparative chromosome painting with mouse (mus musculus, mmu) chromosome-specific dna probes was performed for three muridae species, the indian soft-furred field rat (millardia meltada), the spiny mouse (acomys dimidiatus) and the harvest mouse (micromys minutus). all probes except for the y probe were successfully hybridized to the chromosomes of all species, and homologous chromosome segments between mouse and the three species were identified at the molecular level. comparison of our data w ... | 2007 | 18095177 |
| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in small mammals from the ardennes region, france. | serum samples from 218 small mammals trapped in forest and grassland in the ardennes region (north-eastern france) were tested for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii. using the modified agglutination test, positive results were found in 4/92 apodemus sp., 3/64 clethrionomys glareolus, 0/26 microtus agrestis, 0/4 micromys minutus, 3/5 sorex sp., 2/9 arvicola terrestris, and 7/18 talpa europaea. toxoplasma gondii was not isolated from the heart of seropositive individuals after bioassay in mice. sero ... | 2007 | 18303774 |
| ecological surveillance of small mammals at firing points 10 and 60, gyeonggi province, republic of korea, 2001-2005. | throughout korea, small mammals are hosts to a number of disease-causing agents that pose a health threat to u.s. and korean military forces while they conduct field-training exercises. a seasonal rodent-borne disease surveillance program was established at two firing points (fp), fp-10, and fp-60, and conducted over five years from 2001 through 2005 in response to hantavirus cases among u.s. soldiers. the ecology of these sites consisted primarily of tall grasses associated with semi-permanent ... | 2008 | 19263858 |
| serological surveillance of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and leptospirosis in small mammals captured at firing points 10 and 60, gyeonggi province, republic of korea, 2001-2005. | soldiers from the republic of korea and the united states conducting peacetime military operations at various training sites and multiple range complexes located near the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea are exposed to rodents and their potentially disease-carrying ectoparasites. these diseases include scrub typhus, murine typhus, and leptospirosis. many of the training sites are rural or semi-rural, surrounded or co-located with various forms of agriculture, and are infested ... | 2010 | 19402761 |
| detection of rickettsia typhi and seasonal prevalence of fleas collected from small mammals in the republic of korea. | fleas were collected from live-captured small mammals to identify potential flea-borne pathogens, seasonal prevalence of flea species, and host preference as part of the us military rodent-borne diseases surveillance program conducted at one us military installation and 10 military training sites, northern gyeonggi province, republic of korea. during 2003-04, 948 fleas (563 females and 385 males) were recovered from 2,742 small mammals (seven rodent and one insectivore species). apodemus agrariu ... | 2010 | 20090029 |
| serological surveillance of scrub typhus, murine typhus, and leptospirosis in small mammals captured at twin bridges training area, gyeonggi province, republic of korea, 2005-2007. | soldiers from the republic of korea and the united states conduct armistice military operations at twin bridges training area (tbta) located near the demilitarized zone (dmz) and are exposed to zoonotic disease pathogens that small mammals and their potentially disease-carrying ectoparasites transmit. tbta is a 36 km2 rural training site with small villages and various forms of agriculture along its boundary. at tbta, rodents, insectivores, and their ectoparasites are commonly found in associati ... | 2010 | 20108842 |
| tula virus in populations of small terrestrial mammals in a rural landscape. | over 5 years (2000-2004), populations of small mammals from a rural landscape in southern moravia (czech republic) were investigated for the presence of tula virus (tulv) antigen using the elisa set hantagnost. in total, 1566 individuals from 10 species were examined. the prevalence in the common vole (microtus arvalis pallas 1778), the main reservoir of tulv, was 10% (n = 871). the prevalence of tulv antigen increases with its population numbers. the highest number of tulv antigen-positive comm ... | 2010 | 20420534 |
| serosurveillance of scrub typhus in small mammals collected from military training sites near the dmz, northern gyeonggi-do, korea, and analysis of the relative abundance of chiggers from mammals examined. | comprehensive quarterly serosurveillance on scrub typhus in small mammals collected from military training sites located near the demilitarized zone (dmz), northern gyeonggi-do (province), rok was conducted to determine the potential rodent-borne and associated ectoparasite disease risks to military personnel. a total of 1,196 rodents and insectivores representing 8 species, apodemus agrarius (87.3%, n = 1,044), mus musculus (5.4%, n = 65), crocidura lasiura (3.3%, n = 40), microtus fortis (2.6% ... | 2010 | 20877503 |
| detection of rickettsia felis and rickettsia typhi and seasonal prevalence of fleas collected from small mammals at gyeonggi province in the republic of korea. | abstract fleas were collected from live-captured small mammals to identify flea-borne pathogens, host associations, and seasonal prevalence of flea species, as part of the 65th medical brigade rodent-borne disease surveillance program at 20 military installations and training sites, gyeonggi province, republic of korea, 2005-2007. a total of 1251 fleas were recovered from 2833 small mammals. apodemus agrarius, the striped field mouse, accounted for 93.1% (2,637/2,833) of all small mammals captur ... | 2011 | 21612536 |
| hantaan virus surveillance in small mammals at firing points 10 and 60, yeoncheon, gyeonggi province, republic of korea. | we used epidemiological data and indirect fluorescent antibody tests to determine the hantaan virus (htnv) antibody-positive (ab+) prevalence in small mammals captured at firing point 10 (fp-10) and firing point 60 (fp-60), gyeonggi province, near the demilitarized zone, republic of korea (rok), from 2001 to 2005. we used these data, combined with the partial m segment amplified from htnv recovered from lung tissues of apodemus agrarius, to clarify the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relation ... | 2012 | 22607077 |
| genomic analyses of the formosan harvest mouse (micromys minutus) and comparisons to the brown norway rat (rattus norvegicus) and the house mouse (mus musculus). | the harvest mouse, micromys minutus (mmin), has a very wide range of distribution (from the british isles across the euroasian continent to japan and taiwan). we studied an isolated population of mmin in taiwan, which is at the southeastern margin of the species' geographic distribution, and compared its genetic complement with those of the same species previously reported from other geographic locations and with two model rodent species, the house mouse (mus musculus) and the brown norway rat ( ... | 2013 | 24028897 |
| late cenozoic history of the genus micromys (mammalia, rodentia) in central europe. | molecular phylogeography suggests that micromys minutus, the sole extant species of the genus, colonized its extensive range quite recently, during the late pleistocene-holocene period. rich pliocene and pleistocene fossil records both from europe and china suggest rather continuous and gradual in situ phenotype rearrangements from the pliocene to the recent periods. to elucidate the discrepancy we reexamined a considerable part of the european fossil record of the genus (14 sites from mn15 to q ... | 2013 | 23671605 |
| positional behavior and substrate use of micromys minutus (rodentia: muridae): insights for understanding primate origins. | several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origins of primates, suggesting evolutionary scenarios that are usually paralleled to modern mammalian models that partly simulate the morpho-behavioral apomorphies of primates. the current study examines substrate use and positional behavior of tiny-sized eurasian harvest mice (micromys minutus) as living models for inferring the evolution of versatile behavior, flexible branch use and pedal grasping in early small-sized primates. micromys ex ... | 2013 | 23228949 |
| first report for the seasonal and annual prevalence of flea-borne bartonella from rodents and soricomorphs in the republic of korea. | rodents and soricomorphs are animal hosts of fleas and associated zoonotic microbial pathogens. a total of 4,889 small mammals were collected from gyeonggi and gangwon provinces, republic of korea, from 2008 through 2010, including: apodemus agrarius (4,122, 84.3%), followed by crocidura lasiura (282, 5.8%), microtus fortis (257, 5.3%), myodes regulus (77, 1.6%), micromys minutus (71, 1.5%), mus musculus (63, 1.3%), and 4 other species (17, 0.3%). a total of 1,099 fleas belonging to 10 species a ... | 2013 | 23590324 |
| high efficiency protocol of dna extraction from micromys minutus mandibles from owl pellets: a tool for molecular research of cryptic mammal species. | owl pellets have high potential as a source of dna. however, this noninvasive method of collecting dna is rarely used, and its methodological aspects are poorly understood. we investigated the methodology for dna extraction and amplification from owl pellets containing the smallest european rodent-the harvest mouse micromys minutus-as an example. we used mandibles identified in owl pellets for mitochondrial and nuclear dna amplification. for dna extraction, we tested two commercial protocols and ... | 2014 | 24436494 |
| susceptibility of muridae cell lines to ecotropic murine leukemia virus and the cationic amino acid transporter 1 viral receptor sequences: implications for evolution of the viral receptor. | ecotropic murine leukemia viruses (eco-mlvs) infect mouse and rat, but not other mammalian cells, and gain access for infection through binding the cationic amino acid transporter 1 (cat1). glycosylation of the rat and hamster cat1s inhibits eco-mlv infection, and treatment of rat and hamster cells with a glycosylation inhibitor, tunicamycin, enhances eco-mlv infection. although the mouse cat1 is also glycosylated, it does not inhibit eco-mlv infection. comparison of amino acid sequences between ... | 2014 | 24469466 |
| prevalence and molecular characterizations of toxoplasma gondii and babesia microti from small mammals captured in gyeonggi and gangwon provinces, republic of korea. | a survey was conducted to determine the distribution and prevalence of toxoplasma gondii and babesia microti infections in small mammals captured in gyeonggi and gangwon provinces, republic of korea (rok). the serological prevalence of t. gondii (elisa) and b. microti (ifat) was 2.3% (15/667) and 2.1% (14/667), respectively. dna extracts from small mammal heart tissues were screened by pcr for t. gondii and b. microti targeting regions of the gra5 gene and the 18s rrna and β-tubulin genes, respe ... | 2014 | 25178555 |
| occurrence and identification of hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in free ranging and laboratory rats (rattus norvegicus) from two brazilian zoos. | hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas), bacteria belonging to the class mollicutes, are obligatory red blood cell pathogens of a variety of animal species. they may cause acute anemia that is life-threatening or chronic disease that is clinically silent, but may interfere with results of experimental studies when using infected animals. since these bacteria cannot be cultivated, molecular techniques are the gold standard for diagnosing an infection, investigating its prevalence, and describing new ... | 2015 | 26597041 |
| intestinal nematodes from small mammals captured near the demilitarized zone, gyeonggi province, republic of korea. | a total of 1,708 small mammals (1,617 rodents and 91 soricomorphs), including apodemus agrarius (n = 1,400), microtus fortis (167), crocidura lasiura (91), mus musculus (32), myodes (= eothenomys) regulus (9), micromys minutus (6), and tscherskia (= cricetulus) triton (3), were live-trapped at us/republic of korea (rok) military training sites near the demilitarized zone (dmz) of paju, pocheon, and yeoncheon, gyeonggi province from december 2004 to december 2009. small mammals were examined for ... | 2015 | 25748722 |
| hantaan virus surveillance targeting small mammals at nightmare range, a high elevation military training area, gyeonggi province, republic of korea. | rodent-borne disease surveillance was conducted at nightmare range (nm-r), near the demilitarized zone in northeast gyeonggi province, republic of korea, to identify hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) risks for a mountainous high-elevation (500 m) military training site. monthly surveys were conducted from january 2008-december 2009. a total of 1,720 small mammals were captured belonging to the orders rodentia [families, sciuridae (1 species) and muridae (7 species)] and soricomorpha [ ... | 2015 | 25874643 |
| description and phylogenetic affinities of two new species of nomadolepis (eucestoda, hymenolepididae) from eastern palearctic. | two new species of hymenolepidid cestodes belonging to the genus nomadolepis are described from small mammals in western siberia and the far east, russian federation. nomadolepis fareasta n. sp. is described from the striped dwarf hamster cricetulus barabensis in amurskaya oblast' and nomadolepis shiloi n. sp. is described from the eurasian harvest mouse micromys minutus from novosibirskaya oblast' and amurskaya oblast'. nomadolepis fareasta n. sp. differs from nomadolepis merionis, nomadolepis ... | 2015 | 26123997 |
| identification of hepatozoon erhardovae krampitz, 1964 from bank voles (myodes glareolus) and fleas in southern hungary. | in order to investigate the prevalence and life cycle of apicomplexan parasites, small mammals were live-trapped with modified sherman traps in southern hungary between 2010 and 2012. altogether, 528 rodents (apodemus flavicollis melchior, 1834, apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771, myodes glareolus schreber, 1780, microtus agrestis linnaeus, 1761, mus musculus linnaeus, 1758 and micromys minutus pallas, 1771) were collected and four shrews (sorex spp.) were by-catched. captured animals belonging to n ... | 2016 | 27003406 |
| seasonal variation in the food habits of the eurasian harvest mouse (micromys minutus) from western tokyo, japan. | a previous quantitative analysis of the food composition of the eurasian harvest mouse (micromys minutus) in japan showed that it is insectivorous and granivorous. this supports the expectation that such a small mammal requires highly nutritious foods. other studies have analyzed the feces of harvest mice, but these were only collected during winter in order to minimize disturbance of the animals. in the present study, we collected samples from all four seasons in order to understand changes in ... | 2016 | 27927098 |
| candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis in ticks and rodents from urban and natural habitats of south-western slovakia. | candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis (cnm) is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing severe disease in immunocompromised patients. in europe, ixodes ricinus is the primary vector and rodents act as reservoir hosts. new data on the prevalence of cnm in ticks and rodents contribute to the knowledge on the distribution of endemic areas and circulation of the bacterium in natural foci. | 2016 | 26728197 |
| molecular evidence of rickettsia spp. in ixodid ticks and rodents in suburban, natural and rural habitats in slovakia. | natural foci of tick-borne spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae of public health concern have been found in slovakia, but the role of rodents in their circulation is unclear. ticks (ixodes ricinus, ixodes trianguliceps, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis concinna and haemaphysalis inermis) and tissues of rodents (apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, myodes glareolus, microtus arvalis, microtus subterraneus and micromys minutus) were examined for the presence of ... | 2017 | 28340608 |
| hantavirus surveillance and genetic diversity targeting small mammals at camp humphreys, a us military installation and new expansion site, republic of korea. | small mammal surveillance was conducted (2008-2010, 2012) at camp (cp) humphreys, a us army installation and new expansion site, republic of korea (rok), to identify hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome health threats to us military/civilian populations during its ongoing expansion phase. small mammals were collected using sherman live capture traps and transported to korea university where they were euthanized, tissues removed, and assayed to determine hantavirus igg antibody-positive and hant ... | 2017 | 28448595 |
| diversity and prevalence of bartonella species in small mammals from slovakia, central europe. | wild-living rodents are important hosts for zoonotic pathogens. bartonella infections are widespread in rodents; however, in slovakia, knowledge on the prevalence of these bacteria in small mammals is limited. we investigated the prevalence and diversity of bartonella species in the spleens of 640 rodents of six species (apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, myodes glareolus, microtus arvalis, microtus subterraneus, and micromys minutus) and in the european mole (talpa europaea) from three ... | 2017 | 28975409 |
| a behavioural syndrome, but less evidence for a relationship with cognitive traits in a spatial orientation context. | animals show consistent individual behavioural differences in many species. further, behavioural traits (personality traits) form behavioural syndromes, characterised by correlations between different behaviours. mechanisms maintaining these correlations could be constrained due to underlying relationships with cognitive traits. there is growing evidence for the non-independence of animal personality and general cognitive abilities in animals, but so far, studies on the direction of the relation ... | 2017 | 28344631 |
| arboreal locomotion in eurasian harvest mice micromys minutus (rodentia: muridae): the gaits of small mammals. | body size imposes significant constraints on arboreal locomotion. despite the wealth of research in larger arboreal mammals, there is a lack of data on arboreal gaits of small mammals. in this context, the present study explores arboreal locomotion in one of the smallest rodents, the eurasian harvest mice micromys minutus (∼10 g). we examined gait metrics (i.e., diagonality, duty factor [df], df index, velocity, stride length, and stride frequency) of six adult male mice on simulated arboreal su ... | 2017 | 28332310 |
| repeatability and consistency of individual behaviour in juvenile and adult eurasian harvest mice. | knowledge on animal personality has provided new insights into evolutionary biology and animal ecology, as behavioural types have been shown to affect fitness. animal personality is characterized by repeatable and consistent between-individual behavioural differences throughout time and across different situations. behavioural repeatability within life history stages and consistency between life history stages should be checked for the independence of sex and age, as recent data have shown that ... | 2017 | 28236075 |
| molecular evidence and diversity of the spotted-fever group rickettsia spp. in small mammals from natural, suburban and urban areas of eastern slovakia. | rickettsiae of the spotted fever group are considered as emerging pathogens; ticks, fleas and mites are known to be their vectors. however, the prevalence and species diversity of rickettsiae in small mammals and the role of these hosts in the circulation of bacteria are much less studied. during 2014-2016, a total of 250 small mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus uralensis, myodes glareolus, crocidura leucodon, crocidura suaveolens, micromys minutus, microtus arvalis, micr ... | 2018 | 30207272 |
| first detection of rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in lithuania. | a total of 489 small mammals belonging to seven species captured in lithuania during 2013-2014 were investigated for rickettsia pathogens. the overall prevalence of rickettsia spp. was 27.6%, with a higher prevalence detected in micromys minutus (45.9%), followed by apodemus flavicollis (29.4%), sorex araneus (25%) and myodes glareolus (23.7%). sequence analysis of the glta gene and the 17 kda protein coding gene revealed the presence rickettsia helvetica. this study demonstrates not only the fi ... | 2018 | 29556404 |
| resource partitioning confirmed by isotopic signatures allows small mammals to share seasonally flooded meadows. | meadows in river deltas are characterized by a high diversity and abundance of small mammals. however, neither their spatial arrangement nor differences in their use of microhabitat can necessarily explain the dense co-occurrence of sympatric species. we investigated how several small mammal species share a seasonally flooded meadow of limited size, testing predictions (p1) that herbivore, granivore, insectivore, and omnivore species are separated in time (dominant in different years), (p2) that ... | 2019 | 31110696 |
| genome-wide microarray analysis suggests transcriptomic response may not play a major role in high- to low-altitude acclimation in harvest mouse (micromys minutus). | the harvest mouse (micromys minutus) is a small rodent species with a wide range of vertical distribution in taiwan, extending from the sea level to 3100 m altitude. this species has recently suffered from habitat loss in high-altitude areas due to orchard cultivation, which may have resulted in mouse migration from high to low altitude. to investigate whether there is any physiological mechanism involved in altitude acclimation, rat cdna microarray was used to compare transcriptomic patterns of ... | 2019 | 30871279 |
| exposure of non-target small mammals to anticoagulant rodenticide during chemical rodent control operations. | the extensive use of anticoagulant rodenticides (ars) results in widespread unintentional exposure of non-target rodents and secondary poisoning of predators despite regulatory measures to manage and reduce exposure risk. to elucidate on the potential vectoring of ars into surrounding habitats by non-target small mammals, we determined bromadiolone prevalence and concentrations in rodents and shrews near bait boxes during an experimental application of the poison for 2 weeks. overall, bromadiolo ... | 2019 | 30617892 |
| the wild mouse (micromys minutus): reservoir of a novel campylobacter jejuni strain. | campylobacter jejuni is one of the most common zoonotic pathogens worldwide. although the main sources of human c. jejuni infection are livestock, wildlife can also affect c. jejuni transmission in humans. however, it remains unclear whether wild mice harbor c. jejuni and are involved in the "environment-wildlife-livestock-human" transmission cycle of c. jejuni in humans. here, we characterized c. jejuni from wild mice and identified genetic traces of wild mouse-derived c. jejuni in other hosts ... | 2019 | 31993041 |
| associations between different laelapidae (mesostigmata: dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents from lithuania. | associations between species of laelapidae (mesostigmata: dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents have been studied insufficiently. the aim of this study was to investigate infestation patterns of small rodent species by laelapid mites at six locations in lithuania. a total of 728 rodents were snap- and live-trapped in various locations during 2013-2016. eight rodent species were identified, namely apodemus flavicollis, apodemus agrarius, myodes glareolus, micromys minutus, mus musculus, microtu ... | 2020 | 32307619 |
| prevalence data of diarrheagenic e. coli in the fecal pellets of wild rodents using culture methods and pcr assay. | wild animals, such as rodents seem to be competent reservoir of bacteria-borne zoonotic diseases which disseminate in human. we investigated the presence of e. coli, shiga toxin-producing e. coli (stec), and salmonella in the feces of six category wild rodent species (apodemus agrarius, a. peninsulae, a. sylvaticus, micromys minutus, myodes regulus, and r. norvegicus) captured from different agricultural regions in south korea. among them, a. agrarius, which account for 65% of total (n = 52) ind ... | 2020 | 33163593 |
| ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of borrelia miyamotoi in slovakia: the first record of borrelia miyamotoi in a haemaphysalis inermis tick. | in slovakia, little knowledge is available on the occurrence, hosts and vectors of borrelia miyamotoi of the relapsing fever group. in the current study, 2160 questing and rodent-attached ticks of six species (ixodes ricinus, ixodes trianguliceps, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis concinna and haemaphysalis inermis), 279 fleas belonging to 9 species (ctenophthalmus agyrtes, ctenophthalmus solutus, ctenophthalmus assimilis, megabothris turbidus, amalareus penicilliger ... | 2020 | 32723657 |
| surveillance of chigger mite vectors for tsutsugamushi disease in the hwaseong area, gyeonggi-do, republic of korea, 2015. | owing to global climate change, the global resurgence of vector-borne infectious diseases and their potential to inflict widespread casualties among human populations has emerged as a pivotal burden on public health systems. tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus) in the republic of korea is steadily increasing and was designated as a legal communicable disease in 1994. the disease is a mite-borne acute febrile disease most commonly contracted from october to december. in this study, we tried to de ... | 2020 | 32615743 |