Publications

cold adaptive thermogenesis in small mammals from different geographical zones of china.	the mechanisms of thermogenesis and thermoregulation were studied in the tree shrew (tupaia belangeri) and greater vole (eothenomys miletus) of the subtropical region, and brandt's vole (microtus brandti), mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus), daurian ground squirrel (spermophilus dauricus) and plateau pika (ochotona curzoniae) of the northern temperate zone. resting metabolic rate (rmr) and non-shivering thermogenesis (nst) increased significantly in t. belangeri, e. miletus, m. brandti and ...	2001	11440879
[study on the prevalence of bartonella species in rodent hosts from different environmental areas in yunnan].	to investigate bartonella infections in small mammalian reservoir hosts from different environments and types of climate in yunnan.	2004	15769319
molecular phylogeny and biogeography of oriental voles: genus eothenomys (muridae, mammalia).	oriental voles of the genus eothenomys are predominantly distributed along the southeastern shoulder of the qinghai-tibetan plateau. based on phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1143 bp) obtained from 23 specimens (eight species) of oriental voles collected from this area, together with nucleotide sequences from six specimens (two species) of japanese red-backed voles (eothenomys andersoni and eothenomys smithii) and five species of the closely related genus clethrionom ...	2004	15336670
chromosomal mechanisms underlying the karyotype evolution of the oriental voles (muridae, eothenomys).	we have investigated the karyotype relationships of two oriental voles, i.e. the yulong vole (eothenomys proditor, 2n = 32) and the large oriental vole (eothenomys miletus, 2n = 56) as well as the clarke's vole (microtus clarkei, 2n = 52), by a combined approach of cross-species chromosome painting and high-resolution g-banding comparison. chromosome-specific painting probes were generated from flow-sorted chromosomes of e. proditor and hybridized onto metaphases of e. proditor, e. miletus and m ...	2006	16717450
[investigation of chigger mites on the rat eothenomys miletus in yunnan].	to understand the species, species distribution, the dominant species and their interspecies interaction of chigger mites on eothenomys miletus(a dominant species of rats) in yunnan.	2006	17361812
[study of chigger communities on major species of rodents in yunnan province].	to understand the characteristics of the chigger communities on the major species of rodent hosts.	2006	17366968
a novel hantavirus detected in yunnan red-backed vole (eothenomys miletus) in china.	rodents are the major natural reservoir of hantaviruses, which cause two main human zoonoses, haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in eurasia and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in the americas. surveillance of hantaviruses in rodents plays an important role in the prevention and control of hfrs and hps. in this study, small mammals were captured in an hfrs-endemic region, luxi county within the yunnan province of china, from the autumn of 2009 to the spring of 2010, and assessed fo ...	2011	21402592
[preliminary analysis of chigger mite community on eothenomys miletus in 19 counties of yunnan province].	eothenomys miletus were captured in 19 counties of yunnan province. the distribution of species-abundance and the species-plots relationship between e. miletus and chigger mites were analyzed by using ecological statistic method. there were totally 40,052 chigger mites collected from the body surface of 1741 e. miletus. 111 species of chigger mites were identified. the species-abundance distribution showed that with the increase of mite individuals, the number of chigger mite species gradually d ...	2011	21826908
[research on the area distribution and host selection of leptotrombidium scutellare in 19 counties of yunnan province].	in order to investigate the area distribution and host selection of leptotrombidium scutellare in yunnan province, a field survey was carried out during 2001 to 2009, based on different geographic location, topography, climate and ecological characteristics. a total of 16 491 l. scutellare were captured from the body surface of 9 838 small mammal hosts of 7 families, 18 genera, and 30 species in 4 orders, accounted for 17.73% (16,491/92,990) of all chigger mites collected. l. scutellare distribu ...	2011	24830206
[the current epidemic situation and surveillance regarding hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in china, 2010].	to analyze the surveillance data on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) including the epidemiological characteristics and trend of the disease, in 2010.	2012	22968017
ectoparasitic insects and mites on yunnan red-backed voles (eothenomys miletus) from a localized area in southwest china.	ectoparasitic insects and mites on yunnan red-backed voles (eothenomys miletus) in dali prefecture, yunnan province, southwest china, were studied between 2003 and 2004. in total, 34,389 individuals of 86 species of ectoparasitic insects (seven species of fleas and five species of sucking lice) and mites (23 species of gamasid mites and 51 species of chigger mites) were collected from 916 individual hosts. the diversity of ectoparasites on this single rodent species in such a small area was much ...	2013	23907632
abundances and host relationships of chigger mites in yunnan province, china.	this paper reports on ectoparasitic chigger mites found on small mammals in yunnan province, southwest china. data were accumulated from 19 investigation sites (counties) between 2001 and 2009. a total of 10 222 small mammal hosts were captured and identified; these represented 62 species, 34 genera and 11 families in five orders. from the body surfaces of these 10 222 hosts, a total of 92 990 chigger mites were collected and identified microscopically. these represented 224 species, 22 genera a ...	2013	23167491
sarcocystis eothenomysi n. sp. (apicomplexa: sarcocystidae) from the large oriental vole eothenomys miletus (thomas) (cricetidae: microtinae) from anning, china.	fifty-six oriental voles, eothenomys miletus (thomas), were collected in anning prefecture of yunnan province (china) between march 2012 and december 2013 and examined for the presence of sarcocysts. sarcosysts of a new species, sarcocystis eothenomysi n. sp., were found in 14 out of 56 e. miletus (25%); they possessed a striated cyst wall, c.1-2 μm thick. under transmission electron microscopy the cysts of s. eothenomysi exhibited numerous small, irregular protrusions, which may appear t-shaped ...	2014	25079817
a new species of chigger mite (acari: trombiculidae) from rodents in southwest china.	this paper describes a new species of chigger mite (acari: trombiculidae), gahrliepia cangshanensis n. sp., from rodents in southwest china. the specimens were collected from yunnan red-backed voles, eothenomys miletus (thomas, 1914), and a chinese white-bellied rat, niviventer confucianus (milne-edwards, 1871) in yunnan province. the new species is unique mainly in its number of dorsal setae (n=21), and it has the following features: ft (formula of palpotarsus)=4b (b=branched), fp (formula of p ...	2014	24623884
[genotyping and its epidemiological significance on yunnan yersinia pestis under fse i enzyme digestion method].	to create the fingerprint library of yunnan yersinia pestis by pulse field gel electrophoresis(pfge)with fse i enzyme digestion method and to study its epidemiological significance.	2014	24739561
analysis of ectoparasites (chigger mites, gamasid mites, fleas and sucking lice) of the yunnan red-backed vole (eothenomys miletus) sampled throughout its range in southwest china.	the yunnan red-backed vole eothenomys miletus (rodentia: cricetidae) is an endemic rodent species and reservoir host of zoonoses in southwest china. based on a large host sample (2463 voles collected from 39 localities between 2001 and 2013), a general analysis of four categories of ectoparasite (fleas, sucking lice, chigger mites and gamasid mites) on e. miletus across its entire range of distribution was made. this analysis identified a total of 71 895 ectoparasites belonging to 320 species (3 ...	2015	26345365
sarcocystis clethrionomyelaphis matuschka, 1986 (apicomplexa: sarcocystidae) infecting the large oriental vole eothenomys miletus (thomas) (cricetidae: microtinae) and its phylogenetic relationships with other species of sarcocystis lankester, 1882.	sarcocystis clethrionomyelaphis matuschka, 1986 was first identified in skeletal muscles of 47 (75.8%) of 62 large oriental voles eothenomys miletus (thomas) captured between march 2012 and may 2014 in anning prefecture of yunnan province (china). sarcocyst walls were thick and possessed villous protrusions measuring 3.5-5.5 μm in length. beauty rat snakes elaphe taeniura (cope) fed sarcocysts of the species shed sporulated oöcysts measuring 13-18×9-13 (16×12) μm with a prepatent period of 16 to ...	2015	26063304
species diversity of ectoparasitic chigger mites (acari: prostigmata) on small mammals in yunnan province, china.	chigger mites are a large group of arthropods and the larvae of mites are ectoparasites. some species of ectoparasitic mites (larvae) can be the transmitting vectors of tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus). yunnan province is located in the southwest of china with complicated topographic landform and high biodiversity, where there are five zoogeographical subregions. rodents and some other small mammals were trapped and examined for ectoparasitic chigger mites in 29 investigation sites in yunnan ...	2016	27212464
ectoparasitic chigger mites on large oriental vole (eothenomys miletus) across southwest, china.	an investigation of chigger mites on the large oriental vole, eothenomys miletus (rodentia: cricetidae), was conducted between 2001 and 2013 at 39 localities across southwest china, and 2463 individuals of the vole hosts were captured and examined, which is a big host sample size. from the body surface of e. miletus, 49,850 individuals of chigger mites were collected, and they were identified as comprising 175 species, 13 genera, and 3 subfamilies in 2 families (trombiculidae and leeuwenhoekiida ...	2016	26468149
detection of alpha- and betacoronaviruses in rodents from yunnan, china.	rodents represent the most diverse mammals on the planet and are important reservoirs of human pathogens. coronaviruses infect various animals, but to date, relatively few coronaviruses have been identified in rodents worldwide. the evolution and ecology of coronaviruses in rodent have not been fully investigated.	2017	28549438
landscapes with different biodiversity influence distribution of small mammals and their ectoparasitic chigger mites: a comparative study from southwest china.	from a previous field investigation in yunnan, southwest china between 2001 and 2015, we selected two types of landscapes to make a retrospectively comparative study on the distribution of small mammals and their ectoparasitic chigger mites. one landscape is "mountainous uncultivated land (mul)" with higher biodiversity, which is located in a famous "world nature heritage site", the three-parallel-rivers region in the northwest of yunnan. the other is "cultivated flatland landscape (cfl)" with l ...	2018	29364908
metabolomics of eothenomys miletus from five hengduan mountains locations in summer.	climatic characteristics of hengduan mountains region were diverse, and eothenomys miletus was a native species throughout this region. to investigate adaptive strategies of e. miletus to environmental factors in different locations in this region, five locations were selected, including deqin (dq), xianggelila (xgll), lijiang (lj), jianchuan (jc) and ailaoshan (als). then, body mass, visceral organ masses, and serum and liver metabolomes of e. miletus from each location were examined. the resul ...	2019	31624370
genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii from wild rodents in sichuan province, southwestern china.	wild rodents are the intermediate hosts of toxoplasma gondii. the distribution of genetic diversity of t. gondii in wild rodents is of importance to understand the transmission of this parasite. this study aimed to genetically characterize t. gondii isolates from wild rodents in sichuan province, southwestern china in 2013.	2020	31123474