Publications

behavioral and physiological responses of striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) to predator odor.	predation risk is one of the most important selective forces in nature and has significant effects on the behavior and physiology of prey individuals. prey species have evolved several different traits to reduce and avoid this predation pressure. this research aimed to determine the behavioral and physiological responses of striped field mice to predator risk. in the present study, we compared the agonistic behavior in male and female striped field mice (apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771) of the sa ...	2011	22182325
Mitochondrial genome sequences of the striped field mice Apodemus agrarius coreae and Apodemus agrarius chejuensis.	We determined the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequences of the striped field mice Apodemus agrarius coreae and Apodemus agrarius chejuensis. The mt genomes of A. a. coreae and A. a. chejuensis are 16,260 and 16,261 base pairs in length, respectively. The general features of the 13 protein-coding genes of the two species are similar to those of other rodents. The TAG termination codon for NADH dehydrogenase subunit (ND) 3 is unique to Apodemus in the Muroidea. The L-strand replication orig ...	2011	22165829
genetic evidence for the presence of two distinct hantaviruses associated with apodemus mice in croatia and analysis of local strains.	in europe, dobrava-belgrade (dobv), saaremaa (saav), and puumala (puuv) viruses are known to cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). all three hantaviruses are now found in croatia. lung tissue samples of 315 apodemus mice trapped in 2003-2004 were screened for the presence of hantaviral n-ag and 20 mice (6.3%) were found either strongly positive or weak/suspected-positive. partial sequences of hantavirus m and s segments were recovered by rt-pcr from six mice and subjected to (phylo ...	2011	21108346
identification of potential hosts and vectors of scrub typhus and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiae in eastern taiwan.	scrub typhus and tick-borne spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsioses are transmitted by chiggers (larval trombiculid mites) and hard ticks, respectively. we assessed exposure to these disease vectors by extensively sampling both chiggers and ticks and their small mammal hosts in eastern taiwan during 2007 and 2008. the striped field mouse apodemus agrarius pallas (rodentia: muridae) was the most common of the small mammals (36.1% of 1393 captures) and presented the highest rate of infestation wit ...	2011	21223345
epidemiological study on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in flood areas.	to investigate the infection of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in host animals and inapparent infection of hfrs in general population in dongting lake areas after floods.	2011	21464543
[investigation on the natural infectious status of hantaviruses among small mammals in longquan city, zhejiang province].	to investigate the situation of the natural infection of hantaviruses (hv) in small mammals and to provide evidence for the control and prevention of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in longquan area, zhejiang province.	2011	21781480
sperm abnormalities in high- and low-dose-rate gamma-irradiated korean dark-striped field mice, apodemus agrarius coreae.	to evaluate the in vivo effects of low-dose-rate (0.7 mgy h(-1)) gamma radiation, abnormal shapes of sperm in the caudal epidydimus of apodemus agrarius coreae (a. a. coreae) were used. the six categories of abnormal forms (amorphous heads, blunt hooks, excessive hooks, two heads and tails, folded tails and short tails) of sperm were observed eight days after gamma irradiation (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 gy) with a high dose rate (0.8 gy min(-1)) and a low dose rate. the frequency of total abnormal sperm g ...	2011	21729943
patterns of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in rodents in slovenia.	abstract tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is the most important causative agent of arboviral infection in europe, causing neurologic symptoms. the incidence of the disease has greatly increased over the past decades, and in the meantime, some changes in spatial distribution of tbe cases have been observed. therefore, it is important to recognize the distribution of endemic areas, to use preventive measures successfully. in this study, rodents from all over slovenia were evaluated as suitab ...	2011	22022821
infection of hantaan virus strain aa57 leading to pulmonary disease in laboratory mice.	hantaan virus (htnv) is a causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). the pathogenesis of hfrs has not been fully elucidated, mainly due to the lack of a suitable animal model. in laboratory mice, htnv causes encephalitis. however, that symptom is dissimilar to human hantavirus infections. we found that htnv strain aa57 (isolated from apodemus agrarius in far east russia) caused pulmonary disease in 2-week-old icr mice. the clinical signs of the infected mice were piloerecti ...	2011	22044619
toxoplasma gondii in foxes and rodents from the german federal states of brandenburg and saxony-anhalt: seroprevalence and genotypes.	data on the genotypes of toxoplasma gondii circulating in wildlife are scarce. in the present study, foxes and rodents from two federal states in central or eastern germany were examined for t. gondii infections. body fluids were collected at necropsy or fluids were obtained from frozen tissues of naturally exposed red foxes (vulpes vulpes), voles (microtus arvalis), shrews (neomys anomalus) and a striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius) and tested for t. gondii by serology. dna isolated from tis ...	2011	22105083
Hantaan virus surveillance targeting small mammals at Dagmar North Training Area, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2001-2005.	In response to a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome case in November 2000, a seasonal rodent-borne disease surveillance program was initiated at Dagmar North Training Area (DNTA), Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. From April 2001-December 2005, 1,848 small mammals were captured. Apodemus agrarius accounted for 92.5%, followed by Mus musculus (3.6%), Crocidura lasiura (2.1%), and Microtus fortis (1.1%). Three species of rodents were found to be antibody-positive (Ab+) for Hantaan virus (HT ...	2011	22129409
leptospirosis prevalence in chinese populations in the last two decades.	leptospirosis is a common zoonotic disease in china. from 1991 to 2010, its average annual incidence was 0.70 cases per 100,000 population. during these two decades, three major outbreaks of leptospirosis occurred due to flooding and heavy rainfall. leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae serovar lai is the predominant leptospire responsible for at least 60% of chinese cases, and apodemus agrarius serves as the major animal host. based on the differences in predominant leptospiral s ...	2011	22155621
detection of sarcocystic infection in a wild rodent (apodemus agrarius chejuensis) captured on jeju island.	sarcocystis spp is a causative agent of sarcocystosis. they have a characteristic life cycle infecting both prey and predator. sarcocystis can cause myositis, atrophy of the adjacent cells and abortion in cattle. in mice, sarcocystosis causes mild cellular reactions without clinical disease. severe haemorrhage and abortion were also reported. for monitoring the disease in wild rodents of the korean peninsula, we captured apodemus agrarius chejuensis on jeju island and examined the specimen histo ...	2011	22232647
[the epidemiological, epizootological, and etiological characteristics of the 2006-2007 outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the tambov region].	the findings suggest that there are natural foci of hantavirus infection in the tambov region. there is evidence that dobrava/belgrade hantavirus (dob-aa) was a leading etiological agent in the outbreak of the disease in the winter of 2006-2007. epidemiological analysis showed that the outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) afflicted the region during november to april, by reaching its peak in january (52.2%). among the patients with hfrs, rural dwellers were 91%. people were i ...	2011	22359949
[epidemiology and surveillance programs on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in mainland china, 2005 - 2008.]	objective: to analyze the epidemiologic and surveillance data of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in china, from 2005 to 2008, to describe the epidemiology and trend of hfrs. methods: descriptive epidemiology were studied to analyze the surveillance data from 2005 to 2008, collected from both the internet-based national notifiable disease reporting system and 40 hfrs sentinel sites developed since 2005 in 40 counties around china. results: a total of 56 077 hfrs cases and 692 deaths ...	2010	21163102
[taenia martis (cestoda, taeniidae) from vertebrates in the republic of belarus].	infestation of vertebrate animals with the cestode taenia martis and its larvae was investigated in south-west belarus during 2001-2008. obligatory definitive host (common marten) and intermediate hosts (red-backed vole, yellow-necked mouse, striped field mouse, and red squirrel) of this helminth were established for the republic of belarus. description and figure of the t. martis larva is given.	2010	21309149
investigation of the ecology of francisella tularensis during an inter-epizootic period.	abstract a 1-year study of the ecological cycle of francisella tularensis was performed in an enzootic area during an inter-epizootic period. the study was based on multiple sampling of all major constituents of the disease cycle. seroprevalence of tularemia in the european brown hare (lepus europaeus) population was 5.1% (10/197) with low antibody titers (1/10 and 1/20), and f. tularensis ssp. holarctica was isolated from four hares. f. tularensis was not detected in the 38 common voles (microt ...	2010	21142970
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
variation within and among host species in engorgement of larval trombiculid mites.	we recovered larval trombiculid mites (i.e. chiggers), vectors of scrub typhus, from small mammal hosts in taiwan, and compared the relative degree of engorgement (rde) of the dominant chigger (leptotrombidium imphalum) from different hosts. naturally occurring chiggers recovered from rattus losea and bandicota indica were 1·4x and 1·3x as engorged as those from apodemus agrarius. within each host species, rde was negatively related to chigger loads, but was mostly unrelated to gender or to body ...	2010	20946695
trypanosoma (herpetosoma) grosi: first isolation from chinese striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius).	a "lewisi-like" trypanosoma parasite was isolated from the blood of chinese striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) trapped in the fields in the gannan tibet area, gansu province, china. the parasite was successfully cultivated in vitro in hl-1 medium supplemented 20% fetal bovine serum (fbs). full formed spheromastigote, metacyclic trypomastigote and trypomastigote structures were all visible in films made from the culture. a nucleotide fragment of 2159-bp length was amplified from genomic dna o ...	2010	21059401
detection of bartonella species in small mammals from zhejiang province, china.	to estimate the prevalence of bartonella in small mammals of different species, during different seasons, and at different study sites, and to provide baseline data for the risk assessment of human bartonella infection, we captured small mammals using snap traps in zhejiang province, china. bartonella species were detected in small-mammal samples by polymerase chain reaction and positive amplicons were sequenced. bartonella dna was detected in 47% (90/192) of apodemus agrarius, 31% (14/45) of ra ...	2010	20090031
prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from gansu, northwestern china.	lyme disease is a multi-organ infection disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. lyme disease was first documented in north-east china in 1986. since then more than 20 provinces in china were confirmed the existence of nature foci of lyme disease. in the present study, a molecular epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from gansu province for the first time.	2010	20509909
[study on the status of infection and distribution of rabies virus in china.]	objective: to investigate the status of infection and distribution of rabies virus (rv) in different epidemic areas in china. methods: brain specimens from animals and suspected patients were collected at the districts of high-, medium- and low incidence rates of human rabies and detected by both direct immunofluorescence assay (dfa) and rt-pcr. results: 254 of 3007 specimens of dog brains showed rv positive by dfa (positive rate of 8.4%). among these 254 samples, 78 showed positive (positive ra ...	2010	21163029
occurrence of demodex spp. (acari, demodecidae) in the striped field mouse apodemus agrarius (rodentia, muridae) in poland.	the hair follicle mites (acari, demodecidae) are obligatory and specific parasites of mammals, important in human and veterinary medicine. the family is represented by more than 100 species worldwide and 30 in poland, therein 11 species (and 3 subspecies) were discovered from 10 species of native rodents. fifty two striped field mice apodemus agrarius from eastern pomerania (poland) were examined in 2006-2007; the presence of mites was confirmed by the standard method of digesting skin fragments ...	2010	20450009
hantavirus infections in humans and animals, china.	hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is a serious public health problem in the people's republic of china. although 7 sero/genotypes of hantaviruses have been found in rodents, only hantaan virus (carried by apodemus agrarius mice) and seoul virus (carried by rattus norvegicus rats) reportedly cause disease in humans. during 1950-2007, a total of 1,557,622 cases of hfrs in humans and 46,427 deaths (3%) were reported in china. hfrs has been reported in 29 of 31 provinces in china. after i ...	2010	20678311
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
[seasonal variations of wild apricot seed dispersal and hoarding by rodents in rehabilitated land].	rodents feed with and disperse plant seeds, which may thereby affect the seed spatiotemporal distribution, germination, and seedling establishment, and eventually play an important role in the restoration of deforested area. taking the state-owned yugong forest farm in jiyuan of henan, china as study site, the tagged seeds of wild apricot (prunus armeniaca) were artificially released in rehabilitated land in the spring, summer, and autumn 2008, aimed to investigate their dispersal and hoarding b ...	2010	20707107
[host and site-specific pattern of occurrence of digenetic trematodes in rodent communities from lower silesia, poland].	trematodes of the class digenea are parasites with complex life cycles and often use small mammals as definitive hosts; however, they are usually not highly prevalent in this group of mammals. in our work the patterns of occurrence of digeneans parasitizing small mammals were analyzed. the surveys were conducted at four locations, i.e., irrigation fields (osobowice), a water distribution area (mokry dwor), recreational grounds (redzin forest), and nature reserve "stawy milickie". overall 894 rod ...	2009	20209813
a novel cardiotropic murine adenovirus representing a distinct species of mastadenoviruses.	during cell culture isolation experiments to recover dobrava hantavirus from a suspension of liver from a striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius), an unknown virus was coisolated. atypically for hantaviruses, it had extensive cytopathic effects. using a random pcr approach, it was identified as a novel murine adenovirus, madv-3 (for madv type 3). a plaque-purified virus clone was prepared and further characterized. the complete genome sequence of madv-3 was determined to be 30,570 bp in length. ...	2009	19297486
absence of spermatozoal cd46 protein expression and associated rapid acrosome reaction rate in striped field mice (apodemus agrarius).	in rodents, the cell surface complement regulatory protein cd46 is expressed solely on the spermatozoal acrosome membrane. ablation of the cd46 gene is associated with a faster acrosome reaction. sperm from apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked field mice), a. microps (pygmy field mice) and a. sylvaticus (european wood mice) fail to express cd46 protein and exhibit a more rapid acrosome reaction rate than mus (house mice) or balb/c mice. a. agrarius (striped field mice) belong to a different apode ...	2009	19371423
genetic diversity and geographic distribution of hantaviruses in russia.	haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is the most prevalent zoonotic disease in russia. it is caused by several hantavirus species hosted by small rodents. we describe spatial and temporal patterns of hfrs incidence in the russian federation, and the geographic distribution of prevalent hantavirus species: puumala (puuv) and dobrava (dobv). partial sequencing of nucleocapsid and glycoprotein genes of 117 puuv strains and 78 dobv strains revealed several distinct genetic subgroups. the rn ...	2009	19486318
echinostome infections in the striped-field mouse, apodemus agrarius, and the ussuri white-toothed shrew, crocidura lasiura, caught near the demilitarized zone, gyeonggi-do (province), republic of korea.	a total of 1,498 small mammals (rodents and insectivores), including apodemus agrarius (n = 1,366), crocidura lasiura (54), mus musculus (32), micronytus fortis (28), eothenomys regulus (9), micronys minutes (6), and cricetulus triton (3), were live-trapped in gyeonggi-do (province) (paju-si, pocheon-gun, and yeoncheon-gun) near the demilitarized zone (dmz) from december 2004 to september 2005. a. agrarius was found to be infected with 3 species of echinostomes (echinostoma hortense, echinostoma ...	2009	19724709
[serological characteristics of hantaviruses from clinical specimens analyzed in 1998-2008 in the department of virology, public health institute, ostrava].	in 1998 - 2008, serum samples from 464 patients, predominantly residents of the moravia-silesian region, were examined in the department of virology, public health institute in ostrava, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for the detection of specific anti-hantavirus antibodies. seropositivity was ascertained in 41 persons (8.8%). more patients tested seropositive against hantaan virus (24, i.e. 58.5%) than against puumala virus (13, i.e. 31.7%). four persons were reactive against bo ...	2009	19750821
co-circulation of three pathogenic hantaviruses: puumala, dobrava, and saaremaa in hungary.	hantaviruses (bunyaviridae) cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in eurasia and hantavirus (cardio)pulmonary syndrome (hcps) in the americas. hfrs is caused by hantaan virus (htnv), seoul virus (seov), dobrava virus (dobv), saaremaa virus (saav), and puumala virus (puuv). of those, only htnv is not present in europe. in recent years, hantaviruses, described in other parts of europe, were also detected at various locations in hungary. to study the genetic properties of hungarian han ...	2009	19856478
dobrava-belgrade virus spillover infections, germany.	we present the molecular identification of apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse) as reservoir host of the dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) lineage dobv-aa in 3 federal states of germany. phylogenetic analyses provided evidence for multiple spillover of dobv-aa to a. flavicollis, a crucial prerequisite for host switch and genetic reassortment.	2009	19961690
ecology of hantaan virus at twin bridges training area, gyeonggi province, republic of korea, 2005-2007.	the twin bridges training area (tbta) in the republic of korea consists of dirt roads, barren training areas, and forested hillsides adjacent to linear and broad expanses of tall grasses, herbaceous, and scrub vegetation. of the six species of small mammals, the striped field mouse, apodemus agrarius, was the most frequently captured (96.1%). apodemus agrarius capture rates varied from 17.7 to 33.2% during three trapping periods. gravid females were observed during november-december 2006 (8.4%) ...	2009	20836826
geographical distribution and relative abundance of vectors of scrub typhus in the republic of korea.	a survey to determine the geographical distribution and relative abundance of potential vectors of scrub typhus was conducted from october to november 2006 at 13 localities throughout the republic of korea. apodemus agrarius accounted for 97.6% (80/82) of all rodents, while only 2 myodes regulus (2/82) were collected. a total of 10,860 chiggers were collected from a. agrarius belonging to 4 genera and 8 species, while only walchia fragilis (40) was collected from myodes regulus. leptotrombidium ...	2009	19967086
hantaviruses in rodents and humans, inner mongolia autonomous region, china.	surveys were carried out in 2003-2006 to better understand the epidemiology of hantaviruses in the inner mongolia autonomous region of china (inner mongolia). hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) was first reported in this region in 1955 and has been an important public health problem here since then. during 1955-2006, 8,309 persons with hfrs were reported in inner mongolia (average incidence rate 0.89/100,000), and 261 (3.14%) died. before the 1990s, all hfrs cases occurred in northeast ...	2009	19523286
[study on the health status and affecting factors among people living in the surveillance sites of three gorges reservoir areas, in 2007].	to understand the health status and potential impact resulted in the second stage of three gorges reservoir areas sluicing.	2009	19642382
[new animal hosts of rabies virus in mountain areas in zhejiang province].	to understand the prevalence of rabies among wild animals and the animal species in rabies epidemic areas of zhejiang province.	2009	19731524
molecular diagnostics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome during a dobrava virus infection outbreak in the european part of russia.	a large outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) occurred in the winter of 2006-2007 in a region southeast of moscow in central european russia. of the 422 patients with hfrs investigated in this study, 58 patients were found to be infected by puumala virus, whereas as many as 364 were infected by dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv). early serum samples from 10 dobv-infected patients were used for nucleic acid amplification, which was successful for 5 patients. molecular analyses demon ...	2009	19828747
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in 4 us soldiers, south korea, 2005.	four us soldiers acquired hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome while training near the demilitarized zone, south korea, in 2005. hantaan virus sequences were amplified by reverse transcription-pcr from patient serum samples and from lung tissues of striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) captured at training sites. epidemiologic investigations specified the ecology of possible sites of patient infection.	2009	19891878
[molecular epidemiological study on the host and role of the hantavirus and orientia tsutsugamushi in the same epidemic area].	to investigate whether hantavirus (hv) and orientia tsutsugamushi ( ot) can naturally infect and coexist in their host and role.	2008	19115620
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
isolation of tick-borne encephalitis viruses from wild rodents, south korea.	to determine whether the tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is present in vector ticks and mammalian hosts in korea, we examined two tick species, haemaphysalis longicornis (n = 548) and ixodes nipponensis (n = 87), and the lungs or spleens of rodents apodemus agrarius (n = 24) and wild boars (n = 16). tick-borne encephalitis virus was detected in samples by reverse transcriptase (rt)-nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr), after which tbev-positive samples were inoculated into bhk-21 cells an ...	2008	18240970
molecular diversity and phylogeny of hantaan virus in guizhou, china: evidence for guizhou as a radiation center of the present hantaan virus.	to gain further insight into the molecular epidemiology of hantaan virus (htnv) in guizhou, china, rodents were captured in this region in 2004 and 2005. in addition, serum samples were collected from four patients. ten hantaviruses were isolated successfully in cell culture from four humans, two apodemus agrarius, three rattus norvegicus and one rattus nitidus. the nucleotide sequences for their small (s), medium (m) and partial large (l) segments were determined. phylogenetic analysis of the s ...	2008	18632971
detection of kobe-type babesia microti associated with japanese human babesiosis in field rodents in central taiwan and southeastern mainland china.	field rodent surveys for babesia infection were performed from 2002 to 2005 in the vicinities of human babesiosis occurrences in taiwan and mainland china. babesia microti was identified by microscopical examination and/or pcr in 1 rattus coxinga and 1 crocidura horsfieldii in central taiwan and in 13 niviventer confucianus and 1 apodemus agrarius in zhejiang and fujian provinces of southeastern china. of 15 b. microti samples detected by pcr, all except 1 were shown to be the kobe-type, the aet ...	2008	18413002
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by 2 lineages of dobrava hantavirus, russia.	dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) is a european hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs); case-fatality rates in balkan countries are as high as 12%. to determine causative agents, we examined 126 cases of dobv-associated hfrs in central and southern european russia. in central russia (lipetsk, voronezh, orel regions), outbreaks were caused by a dobv variant (dobv-aa) carried by apodemus agrarius. in southern russia (sochi district), where hfrs is endemic, hfrs cases were ...	2008	18394280
[detection of a new natural virus focus dobrava in the astrakhan region].	a natural focus of dobrava hantavirus was first revealed in an arid zone of the astrakhan region, by using molecular genetic methods. a polymerase chain reaction was employed to examine 389 lung tissue suspension samples taken from 9 species. hantavirus rna was found in 35 samples from 22 field mice (apodemus agrarius), 8 tamarisk gerbils (meriones temariscinus), 4 common voles (microtus arvalis), and 1 house mouse (mus musculus). sequencing determined the taxonomic affiliation of 18 new isolate ...	2008	18450108
[genetic diversity of the striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771) in the russian far east as assessed by rapd-pcr].	random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) analysis based on polymerase chain reaction (pcr) with ten-nucleotide primers of arbitrary sequences (rapid-pcr) was used to study the genetic characteristics of five samples of the striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771) from the russian far east (primorye, khabarovsk krai, and magadan oblast). highly significant differentiation of the samples was demonstrated, the genetic diversity of each sample was estimated, and non-neutral loci were foun ...	2008	18771025
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in montenegro.	the objective of the study was to analyze the epidemiological features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in montenegro. the study included 169 cases of hfrs diagnosed in the period between 1995 and 2005 according to the clinical symptoms and serological confirmation. for the analysis of the demographic characteristics of the cases, as well as of the chronological and topographical features of the disease, a descriptive epidemiological method was employed. the average incidence rate ...	2008	18806348
microbial pathogens in ticks, rodents and a shrew in northern gyeonggi-do near the dmz, korea.	a total of 1,618 ticks [420 individual (adults) and pooled (larvae and nymphs) samples], 369 rodents (apodemus agrarius, rattus norvegicus, tscherskia triton, mus musculus, and myodes regulus), and 34 shrews (crocidura lasiura) that were collected in northern gyeonggi-do near the demilitarized zone (dmz) of korea during 2004-2005, were assayed by pcr for selected zoonotic pathogens. from a total of 420 individual and pooled tick dna samples, anaplasma (a.) phagocytophilum (16), a. platys (16), e ...	2008	18716449
a biogeographic view of apodemus in asia and europe inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.	sequences of the mitochondrial cyt b gene and nuclear irbp, ragi, 17, and vwf genes were used to assess the evolutionary history of major lineages of apodemus, in particular to better understand dispersal between asia and europe. our data show eight extant lineages of late tertiary origin: apodemus agrarius, a. semotus, a. peninsulae, a. speciosus, a. argenteus, a. gurkha, a. mystacinus, and a. sylvaticus. monophyly of two european lineages (a. mystacinus and a. sylvaticus) and four asian lineag ...	2008	18231851
detection of dobrava hantaviruses in apodemus agrarius mice in the transdanubian region of hungary.	dobrava hantavirus (dobv) belongs to the genus hantavirus of the family bunyaviridae, and is carried by yellow necked and striped field mice (apodemus flavicollis and apodemus agrarius), respectively. the aim of this study was to detect and genetically characterize new dobv strains in rodents captured in the transdanubian region of hungary. rodent corpses were dissected and lung tissues were used for hantavirus detection by sybr green-based real-time rt-pcr using specific primers located in the ...	2007	17524512
[study on the epidemiological characteristics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in inner mongolia].	in order to better understand the epidemiological features of hantviruses in inner mongolia.	2007	18396665
plagiorchis muris infection in apodemus agrarius from northern gyeonggi-do (province) near the demilitarized zone.	the small intestines of 6 species of rodents and 1 species of insectivore were examined seasonally for plagiorchis muris infection in 3 different localities in northern gyeonggi-do (province), near the demilitarized zone (dmz). a total of 1,496 animals, including 1,366 apodemus agrarius, 54 crocidura lasiura (insectivore), 32 mus musculus, 28 micronytus fortis, 9 eothenomys regulus, 6 micronys minutus, and 3 cricetulus triton, were live-trapped at yeoncheon-gun (n = 351), paju-shi (804) and poch ...	2007	17570981
apodemus agrarius as a new definitive host for neodiplostomum seoulense.	a total of 1,496 rodents and insectivores were live-trapped at yeoncheon-gun (n = 351), paju-shi (804), and pocheon-gun (343), gyeonggi-do (province), and examined for intestinal helminths, including neodiplostomum seoulense, seasonally from december 2004 to september 2005. six species of rodents, including apodemus agrarius (1,366), mus musculus (32), micronytus fortis (28), eothenomys regulus (9), micronys minutus (6), and cricetulus triton (3), and 1 species of insectivores crocidura lasiura ...	2007	17570982
[genetic variation and differentiation in striped field mouse apodemus agrarius inferred from rapd-pcr analysis].	genetic variation and differentiation of the trans-palearctic species apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse), whose range consists of two large isolates-european-siberian and far eastern-chinese, were examined using rapd-pcr analysis. the material from the both parts of the range was examined (41 individual of a. agrarius from 18 localities of russia, ukraine, moldova, and kazakhstan); the far-eastern part was represented by samples from the amur region, khabarovsk krai, and primorye (russia). ...	2007	17853807
soochong virus and amur virus might be the same entities of hantavirus.	amur virus (amrv) and soochong virus (soov) were reported to be carried by korean field mice (apodemus peninsulae) in the far east of russia, china, and korea. the distinction and demarcation between these two viruses have been a matter of debate. in order to clarify this issue and to confirm taxonomic position of amrv and soov, the extensive phylogenetic analyses based on entire s segment and entire m segment sequences of amrv, soov and other reference virus strains deposited in genbank, were c ...	2007	17854038
time-series analysis of the risk factors for haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: comparison of statistical models.	three conventional regression models were compared using the time-series data of the occurrence of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and several key climatic and occupational variables collected in low-lying land, anhui province, china. model i was a linear time series with normally distributed residuals; model ii was a generalized linear model with poisson-distributed residuals and a log link; and model iii was a generalized additive model with the same distributional features as mo ...	2007	16780612
molecular detection of bartonella species infecting rodents in slovenia.	rodents, collected in three zoogeographical regions across slovenia, were tested for the presence of bartonellae using direct pcr-based amplification of 16s/23s rrna gene intergenic spacer region (its) fragments from splenic dna extracts. bartonella dna was detected in four species of rodents, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, apodemus agrarius and clethrionomys glareolus, in all three zoogeographic regions at an overall prevalence of 40.4%. the prevalence of infection varied significan ...	2007	17374132
isolation and characterization of hantavirus carried by apodemus peninsulae in jilin, china.	to provide a better understanding of hantavirus epidemiology in china, korean field mice (apodemus peninsulae) and striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) were captured in jilin province, china, where haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is endemic. hantavirus antigens were detected in eight of the 130 a. peninsulae individuals and in four of the 193 a. agrarius individuals by using an immunofluorescence assay. partial s and m segments were amplified from all of the antigen-positive samp ...	2007	17374775
simple epidemiological model predicts the relationships between prevalence and abundance in ixodid ticks.	we tested whether the prevalence of ticks can be predicted reliably from a simple epidemiological model that takes into account only mean abundance and its variance. we used data on the abundance and distribution of larvae and nymphs of 2 ixodid ticks parasitic on small mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus uralensis, clethrionomys glareolus and microtus arvalis) in central europe. ixodes trianguliceps is active all year round, occurs in the study area in the mountain and su ...	2007	17032480
[epizootology of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the central chernozem region].	a total of 5149 small mammals belonging to 16 species were collected from the lipetsk, voronezh, and belgorod regions (40 administrative districts) in 2003-2004 and examined by elisa and ifa to detect hantavirus antigen and antibodies in the lung tissues. hantavirus circulation was revealed in 13 species, the highest hantavirus activity being detected in field (apodemus agrarius) and small wood (a. (s) uralensis) mice (dobrava-belgrad virus), bank (clethrionomis glareolus) (puumala virus) and co ...	2006	17087062
[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
light-induced fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the four-striped field mouse, rhabdomys pumilio: a southern african diurnal rodent.	previous studies have suggested that nocturnal and diurnal species of rodents differ in their circadian responses to light including phase shifts and early gene expression. rhabdomys pumilio, the four-striped field mouse, is diurnal both in nature and in the laboratory. we studied in this species the response of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (scn) to light stimuli at different time periods using light-induced expression of fos as marker of neuronal activity. fos induction in the scn was investigat ...	2006	17027762
relationships between the abnormalities of the male reproductive organs and the accumulation of phenol compounds in the striped field mouse, apodemus agrarius, inhabiting korea.	the relationships between the abnormalities of the male reproductive organs in striped field mice and the accumulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals were assessed. most mice collected at three areas were contaminated with phenol or organotin compounds. fourteen to 42% of the mice at each area had abnormally shrunken reproductive organs, and some of them were contaminated with high levels of phenol compounds. moreover, all the shrunken reproductive organs were damaged in the histological stru ...	2006	16603289
potential of dark-striped field mice, apodemus agrarius coreae, for use as a biological radiation dosimeter for human environments.	this study examined the possibility of using striped field mice as a biological dosimeter or indicator for surveillance of the ecological effects of boundary radiation emitted by nuclear power plants. for this study, the external morphological characteristics and isoenzymic electrophoretypes of korean domestic dark-striped field mice were studied after they were captured, controlled for reproduction, and their exact species were identified. in terms of morphological external characteristics, the ...	2006	16869442
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
radiobiological monitoring of striped field mouse populations in the moscow recreation forest "kuzminki".	the results of radiometric and haematological studies of striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) sampled over the years 1995-2003 from the territory of the preserved radioactive waste burial (rwb), which is located in the moscow recreation forest "kuzminki", are presented and discussed in the paper. it was shown that the level of 90sr-90y content in mice sampled from the rwb area varies within the range of 0-1200 bq/kg with an average of 98.7+/-21.5 bq/kg. the content of 90sr-90y in the body of 8 ...	2006	16099081
soochong virus: an antigenically and genetically distinct hantavirus isolated from apodemus peninsulae in korea.	hantaan (htn) virus, the etiologic agent of clinically severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), was first isolated in 1976 from lung tissue of a striped-field mouse (apodemus agrarius) captured in songnae-ri, gyeonggi province, republic of korea. found primarily in mountainous areas, the korean field mouse (a. peninsulae) is the second-most dominant field rodent species found throughout korea. a new hantavirus, designated soochong (soo), was isolated in vero e6 cells from four a. pen ...	2006	16372283
natural tick-borne encephalitis virus infection among wild small mammals in the southeastern part of western siberia, russia.	infestation of small mammals, including common shrews sorex araneus l., field mice apodemus agrarius pallas, and red voles clethrionomus rutilus schreber, with immature ixodes persulcatus ticks and their infection with tickborne encephalitis virus (tbev) were studied in the forest-steppe habitat in the vicinity of novosibirsk, russia. larval ticks parasitize all three host species, but virtually all nymphs were found only on field mice and red voles. detection of the viral rna using reverse tran ...	2006	16584325
tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in ticks and small mammals in korea.	in order to investigate the prevalence of tick-borne infectious agents among ticks, ticks comprising five species from two genera (hemaphysalis spp. and ixodes spp.) were screened using molecular techniques. ticks (3,135) were collected from small wild-caught mammals or by dragging/flagging in the republic of korea (rok) and were pooled into a total of 1,638 samples (1 to 27 ticks per pool). from the 1,638 tick samples, species-specific fragments of anaplasma phagocytophilum (1 sample), anaplasm ...	2006	16957192
[investigation on rodents' natural infection of orientia tsutsugamushi in some areas of inner mongolia and xinjiang, china].	to investigate rodents' natural infection of orientia tsutsugamushi (ot) in some areas of inner mongolia and xinjiang, china.	2006	17152505
[genotype identification and sequence analysis of orientia tsutsugamushi isolated from shandong area].	to determine genotype, nucleotide sequence homology and phylogenesis of orientia tsutsugamushi isolated from shandong, china.	2006	17415986
age-dependent flea (siphonaptera) parasitism in rodents: a host's life history matters.	we studied age-dependent patterns of flea infestation in 7 species of rodents from slovakia (apodemus agrarius, a. flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, a. uralensis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, and m. subterraneus). we estimated the age of the host from its body mass and expected the host age-dependent pattern of flea abundance, the level of aggregation, and prevalence to be in agreement with theoretical predictions. we expected that the mean abundance and the level of aggregation of fleas ...	2006	16729679
detection of bartonella species from ticks, mites and small mammals in korea.	we investigated the prevalence of bartonella infections in ticks, mites and small mammals (rodents, insectivores and weasels) collected during 2001 through 2004, from various military installations and training sites in korea, using pcr and sequence analysis of 16s rrna, 23s rrna and groel heat shock protein genes. the prevalence of bartonella spp. was 5.2% (n = 1,305 sample pools) in ticks, 19.1% (n = 21) in mesostigmatid mites and 13.7% (n = 424 individuals) in small mammals. the prevalence wi ...	2005	16293997
molecular screening of bartonella species in rodents from the russian far east.	a potentially broad-range pcr system for glta gene amplification has been designed. a nearly full (992 bp) sequence of the glta gene was amplified in two steps. dna was extracted from organs (spleen and liver) of four mostly spread species of rodents: apodemus agrarius and apodemus peninsulae mice; clethrionomys rufocanus and microtus fortis voles. all amplicons have been sequenced. the incidence of bartonella species in rodents was 73%, 60%, 60%, and 83% for the above-mentioned rodents, respect ...	2005	16481532
effects of supplementary food on the winter inhibition of reproduction in male and female four-striped field mice (rhabdomys pumilio).	the effects of winter food supplementation on reproduction in the seasonally breeding four-striped field mouse rhabdomys pumilio were investigated at mountain zebra national park in the eastern cape province of south africa. on both control and supplemented grids, reproductive activity in females was inhibited; no pregnant females were collected and juveniles were only present in the first winter month. the provision of additional food resulted in an increase in body mass and mass of the male an ...	2005	15899150
circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the four-striped field mouse, rhabdomys pumilio: a diurnal african rodent.	although humans are diurnal in behaviour, animal models used for the study of circadian rhythms are mainly restricted to nocturnal rodents. this study focussed on the circadian behaviour of a rodent from south africa that has a preference for daylight, the four-striped field mouse, rhabdomys pumilio. in order to characterise the behavioural pattern of daily activity, locomotor rhythms were studied under different light regimes using an automated data recording system. under conditions of natural ...	2005	15950249
central european dobrava hantavirus isolate from a striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius).	dobrava virus (dobv) is a hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in europe. it is hosted by at least two rodent species, apodemus flavicollis and a. agrarius. according to their natural hosts they form the distinct genetic lineages dobv-af and dobv-aa, respectively. we have now established a dobv isolate named slovakia (sk/aa) from an a. agrarius animal captured in slovakia. the complete s and m and partial l segment nucleotide sequences of the new isolate were deter ...	2005	15956394
[occurrence of lice (anoplura) in rodents from lover silesia].	the data on the lice of small mammals, which can be the vectors of some human pathogens, are rather scarce in poland.	2005	16913503
small mammals (insectivora, rodentia) as a potential source of chlamydial infection in east slovakia.	the presence of antibodies against chlamydophila (chlamydia) psittaci in small mammals (insectivora, rodentia) in the region of east slovakia are presented. the hosts were caught in several areas of slovakia in habitats with different levels of anthropogenic disturbance. research was carried out during 2000-2002. the authors examined 1,947 sera coming from 4 insectivore and 10 rodent species. each serum was examined by micromethod of complement binding reactions using antigen chlamydophila (chla ...	2004	15236511
bovine aortic endothelial cells are susceptible to hantaan virus infection.	hantavirus serotype hantaan (htn) is one of the causative agents of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs, lethality up to 10%). the natural host of htn is apodemus agrarius. recent studies have shown that domestic animals like cattle are sporadically seropositive for hantaviruses. in the present study, the susceptibility of bovine aortic endothelial cells (baec) expressing alpha(v)beta(3)-integrin to a htn infection was investigated. viral nucleocapsid protein and genomic rna segments wer ...	2004	15033559
chromosomal aberrancy and the level of fluctuating asymmetry in black-striped mouse (apodemus agrarius): effects of disturbed environment.	analysis of chromosomal aberrations in bone marrow cells and determination of the level of fluctuating asymmetry (fa) for eight bilateral cranial traits were used to estimate effects of disturbed environment on natural populations of small mammals. during the spring and fall of 1994-2000 (except in 1999) black-striped mice (apodemus agrarius) were collected from a polluted industrial area (pancevo) and from an unpolluted reference site (cer) in serbia and montenegro. mice from the polluted area ...	2004	15061788
[helminthfauna of mice of apodemus genus from wrocław area].	seventeen helminth species were found in rodents of the species apodemus agrarius and a. flavicollis, from irrigation fields (wrocław, osobowice) and water distribution area (wrocław, mokry dwór). the total prevalence of infection was 66.2%. dominant species were: heterakis spumosa in apodemus agrarius; heilgmosomoides polygyrus, trichuris muris in a. flavicollis from irrigation fields and aonchotheca murissylvatici from the same host but from water distribution area.	2004	16865977
first molecular identification of human dobrava virus infection in central europe.	viral rna was amplified by reverse transcription-pcr from a patient suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in germany. the virus strain could be assigned to the dobrava hantavirus (dobv). this is the first molecular identification of human infection by dobv in central europe and the first proof that a virus strain related to the dobv-aa lineage, carried by apodemus agrarius rodents, is able to cause hfrs.	2004	15004109
characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus from estonia.	tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is a severe problem in estonia. in the present article the first genetic analysis of estonian tbev strains is described. in total, seven tbev strains were isolated from ticks (ixodes ricinus and i. persulcaus), rodents (apodemus agrarius and cletrionomys glareolus), and serum from a tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) patient. the nucleic acid sequences of the viral genome encoding almost the complete e protein (nt 41-1250) and the 3'-ncr-termini of the estonian tb ...	2004	15484275
circulation of toxocara spp. in suburban and rural ecosystems in the slovak republic.	toxocara spp., the common roundworms of domestic and wild animals, are the causative agents of larval toxocarosis in humans. the migration of toxocara larvae in men causes clinical syndrome, called larva migrans visceralis or larva migrans ocularis. the objective of the present work was to investigate the prevalence of toxocarosis in dogs, red foxes (vulpes vulpes), and small mammals in the slovak republic. t. canis infection was diagnosed in 16.6% out of 145 dogs examined. young animals showed ...	2004	15567594
anti-borrelia antibodies in rodents: important hosts in ecology of lyme disease.	data presented in this study focuses on the presence of anti-borrelia antibodies in small mammals from eastern slovakia during 2000-2003. the total seropositivity observed was 18.78% in rodents. amongst all species, the total seroprevalence in apodemus flavicolis was the highest (20.87%), followed by apodemus agrarius (19.58%) and clethrionomys glareolus (11.11%). however, the prevalence in apodemus flavicolis during the year 2000-2001 was higher (26.72%), which reduced to 10.60% in 2002-2003. t ...	2004	15627326
first record of metacestodes of mesocestoides sp. in the common starling (sturnus vulgaris) in europe, with an 18s rdna characterisation of the isolate.	metacestodes of mesocestoides sp. were recorded from sturnus vulgaris (passeriformes: stumidae) in the czech republic in april 2002. they were found in a cutaneous cyst and in the thoracic region of the body cavity of the bird. this is the first record of metacestodes of mesocestoides sp. in this host species in europe as well as the first finding of the formation of a cutaneous cyst provoked by this parasite. additional specimens from apodemus agrarius (mammalia: rodentia) from bulgaria and lac ...	2004	15139376
serological characterization of a hantavirus from hubei, china.	hantavirus hv114, isolated from urine of a patient during epidemic of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in china, was subjected to a detailed serological characterization using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), neutralization test and indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay (ifa). it has been found that hv114 is antigenically similar to the hantavirus a9 strain isolated in china and to the hantaan 76-118 virus (htnv 76-118), but different from the hantaviruses isolated fro ...	2004	15230468
epidemiological studies on host animals of scrub typhus of the autumn-winter type in shandong province, china.	in order to elucidate the host animals of scrub typhus in shandong province, epidemiological studies on host rodents of the autumn-winter type scrub typhus were carried out from 1995 to 2002 at four localities in the shandong province. based upon ecological observations of the composition, seasonal fluctuation of animal hosts, isolation of orientia tsutsugamushi, detection and identification of serotypes of antibodies to o. tsutsugamushi were conducted. two thousand eight hundred and eighty-four ...	2003	15115095
immunoglobulin g antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in game animals and small mammals in eastern slovakia.	in a survey of game animals and small mammals, the sera of 185 animals were examined for the presence of immunoglobulin g antibodies to the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which causes lyme borreliosis. these animals comprised 59 fallow deer (dama dama), 56 mouflons (ovis musimon) and 70 small mammals of six different species. the sera of the fallow deer and the mouflons were examined by indirect haemagglutination assay. the sera of the small mammals were examined by modified enzyme- ...	2003	15005560
borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) ticks collected from vegetation and small rodents in recreational areas of the city of poznań.	during 1998-1999, ixodes ricinus (l.) populations were investigated in three different biotopes (deciduous, mixed, coniferous forest) situated in popular recreational areas in poznań, poland. in total, 1,123 questing ticks (1,002 nymphs, 69 males, 52 females) were collected by flagging vegetation. additionally, in 1998 between may and september small rodents were trapped and inspected for feeding ticks. altogether, 213 rodents of three species: apodemus agrarius pall., a. flavicollis melchior, c ...	2003	14596285
two-year study of examination of blood from wild rodents for the presence of antiborrelian antibodies.	the aim of our work was to find the positivity rate of antibodrrelian antibodies (igg) in wild-living rodents in a locality situated in north moravia, czech republic. results of a survey for heart rinses (172) and sera (2) antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) from 6 species of 174 wild rodents from the northern part of the czech republic are presented. samples were obtained in 2001-2002 at one locality (studenka, 49 degrees 44', 18 degrees 05'). host samples included yellow-necke ...	2003	14677912
genetic interaction between distinct dobrava hantavirus subtypes in apodemus agrarius and a. flavicollis in nature.	dobrava virus (dobv) occurs in two different rodent species, apodemus flavicollis (dobv-af) and a. agrarius (dobv-aa). we sequenced the s and m genomic segments from sympatric dobv-af and dobv-aa strains which fell into two distinct genetic lineages. molecular phylogenetic analyses gave evidence for genetic reassortment between s and m segments of dobv-af and dobv-aa and indicated homologous recombination events in dobv evolution. dobv-af and dobv-aa are distinct but also subject to genetic exch ...	2003	12477889
molecular epidemiological study for tick-borne disease (ehrlichia and anaplasma spp.) surveillance at selected u.s. military training sites/installations in korea.	vector-borne diseases are a potential public health threat to u.s. forces korea (usfk). ehrlichia and anaplasma spp., transmitted by ticks, are only two of several diseases that may affect military readiness and operations. rodents were collected at selected u.s. military installations and training sites in the republic of korea. dna was extracted from spleen tissues and assayed by pcr methods for ehrlichia and anaplasma species. from rodents and mustelids collected during 1999 and 2000, a total ...	2003	12860612