| postnatal changes in tissue respiration of bank voles born in different seasons. | | 1977 | 334341 |
| [cytogenetic differences in radiation effects on red-haired field mice from different geographic populations]. | the paper presents the data on the effect of x-rays on the incidence of chromosome aberrations and on the mitotic activity of bone marrow cells in two geographical populations of clethrionomys glareolus. it is shown that the percentage of aberrant cells at different intervals after the irradiation (350 r) is higher in the moscow population than in the komi assr population. the fractionation radiation results in different increase in the number of aberrant cells. the change of the mitotic activit ... | 1977 | 145984 |
| [contributions to the life-cycle of frenkelia. ii. the asexual development of frenkelia clethrionomyobuteonis in the bank vole (author's transl)]. | a description of the asexual development of frenkelia clethrionomyobuteonis in the european bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus) is given as observed in experimental infections with sporocysts from buzzards' faeces. between the 5th and the 8th day following the oral administration of sporocysts a first schizogony could be observed in liver parenchymal cells of the mammalian host. in impression smears the banana-shaped merozoites measured on an average 7.6 x 2.2 mum. only after the 18th day were s ... | 1976 | 827862 |
| observations of the mating behavior of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus. | | 1976 | 786259 |
| stages of pregnancy of the bank vole. | | 1976 | 795289 |
| microbiocenosis of clethrionomys glareolus nests in the east and west carpathians. | | 1976 | 1014670 |
| [distribution and ecology of ixodes trianguliceps (birula, 1895) (acarina, ixodoidea) in france, particularly in the south-east]. | ixodes trianguliceps, parasite of insectivores and rodent mammals seems to be distributed throughout france, except in the mediterranean low altitude areas. this tick which does not manifest any parasitic specificty, has meanwhile preferred hosts (clethrionomys glareolus, especially). at low altitudes, it likes forests, hedge-rows and heaths and at higher altitudes (subalpine and alpine), opened area may be densely inhabited. the authors study the numerous concerned vegetal associations and prec ... | 1976 | 11660 |
| reproduction and mortality of bank voles and the changes in the size of an island population. | | 1975 | 797253 |
| genetic and maternal influences on docility in the skomer vole, clethrionomys glareolus skomerensis. | | 1975 | 1122209 |
| scent marking with urine in two races of the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus). | | 1975 | 1103880 |
| the role of spacing behavior among females in the regulation of reproduction in the bank vole. | | 1973 | 4522393 |
| [differentiation of different lymphocytes by alkaline phosphatase--the cytochemical parameter of alkaline phosphatase in relation to t- and b-lymphocytes in clethrionomys glareolus (author's transl)]. | | 1973 | 4142198 |
| interspecific relationships of gamasoid mites in the nests of clethrionomys glareolus. | | 1972 | 4670810 |
| seasonal changes in the adenohypophysis of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus. | | 1971 | 5558400 |
| ovulation in the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus. | | 1970 | 5492035 |
| the fine structure of extraocular muscles of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus schr. | | 1970 | 5523620 |
| genetic studies of the amylase isoenzymes of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareola. | | 1969 | 5399207 |
| [studies on population of the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus schreber, 1780) by mark and release trapping in lower austria]. | 1. bionomical and ecological investigations on bank voles were carried out by mark and release trapping in two phytosociologically different areas in lower austria from 1963 until 1966. 2. the number of trappings and retrappings depends on the intensity of captures: 3 consecutive trapping nights in fourtnightly intervals appeared to be most favourable. 3. the life time of bank voles was determined as 3.1 and respectively 3.6 months in the two localities investigated. only very few specimens reac ... | 1968 | 28306854 |
| variability of the leukocyte count in the blood of bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus (schreber, 1870) under laboratory conditions. | | 1967 | 5584794 |
| seasonal variability of the leukocyte count in the bank vole clethrionomys glareolus (schreber, 1870). | | 1967 | 5584793 |
| hormonal control of the pubic symphysis of the skomer bank vole (clethrionomys skomerensis). | | 1963 | 14086159 |
| [intestinal microflora of sorex araneus araneus l. and clethrionomys glareolus glareolus schreb. in nature conditions. iii. seasonal variations]. | | 2017 | 14460562 |
| [intestinal microflora of sorex araneus araneus l. and clethrionomys glareolus glareolus schreb. in natural conditions. ii. general characteristics of separate strains]. | | 2017 | 14460561 |
| [intestinal microflora of sorex araneus araneus l. and clethrionomys glareolus glareolus schreb. in natural conditions. i. quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the intestinal microflora]. | | 2017 | 14460560 |
| [parasitic cysts in the brain of the vole clethrionomys glareolus]. | | 1959 | 13808859 |
| the development of the hypophysial vascular system in the bank-vole clethrionomys glareolus; a comparative study. | | 1957 | 13478391 |
| [detection of a parasite similar to toxoplasma in clethrionomys glareolus schr. brain]. | | 1955 | 13261195 |
| [scent glands in the bank vole]. | | 1952 | 13021140 |
| parallel survey of two widespread renal syndrome-causing zoonoses: leptospira spp. and hantavirus in urban environment, hungary. | rodents are important reservoir hosts for several zoonotic pathogens that cause significant morbidity and mortality in humans. among others, leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases worldwide and has the similar clinical manifestation with hantavirus infection in humans. despite the fact that both pathogens have great epidemiological significance in europe, no epizootiological data exist for urbanized areas so far. therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the occur ... | 2018 | 29437551 |
| leptospira genomospecies and sequence type prevalence in small mammal populations in germany. | leptospirosis is a worldwide emerging infectious disease caused by zoonotic bacteria of the genus leptospira. numerous mammals, including domestic and companion animals, can be infected by leptospira spp., but rodents and other small mammals are considered the main reservoir. the annual number of recorded human leptospirosis cases in germany (2001-2016) was 25-166. field fever outbreaks in strawberry pickers, due to infection with leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa, were reported in 200 ... | 2018 | 29470107 |
| first insights into puumala orthohantavirus circulation in a rodent population in alsace, france. | in-depth knowledge on the mechanisms that maintain infection by a zoonotic pathogen in an animal reservoir is the key to predicting and preventing transmission to humans. the puumala orthohantavirus (puuv), the most prevalent orthohantavirus in western europe, causes a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in humans. in france, this endemic illness affects the north-eastern part of the country. we conducted a 4-year capture-mark-recapture study in a bank vole population, com ... | 2018 | 29577655 |
| recombinant ifn-γ from the bank vole myodes glareolus: a novel tool for research on rodent reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens. | rodent species like myodes glareolus and microtus spp. are natural reservoirs for many zoonotic pathogens causing human diseases and are gaining increasing interest in the field of eco-immunology as candidate animal models. despite their importance the lack of immunological reagents has hampered research in these animal species. here we report the recombinant production and functional characterization of ifn-γ, a central mediator of host's innate and adaptive immune responses, from the bank vole ... | 2018 | 29434310 |
| spatial and temporal patterns of human puumala virus (puuv) infections in germany. | worldwide, the number of recorded human hantavirus infections as well as the number of affected countries is on the rise. in europe, most human hantavirus infections are caused by the puumala virus (puuv), with bank voles (myodes glareolus) as reservoir hosts. generally, infection outbreaks have been related to environmental conditions, particularly climatic conditions, food supply for the reservoir species and land use. however, although attempts have been made, the insufficient availability of ... | 2018 | 29404206 |
| common vole (microtus arvalis) and bank vole (myodes glareolus) derived permanent cell lines differ in their susceptibility and replication kinetics of animal and zoonotic viruses. | pathogenesis and reservoir host adaptation of animal and zoonotic viruses are poorly understood due to missing adequate cell culture and animal models. the bank vole (myodes glareolus) and common vole (microtus arvalis) serve as hosts for a variety of zoonotic pathogens. for a better understanding of virus association to a putative animal host, we generated two novel cell lines from bank voles of different evolutionary lineages and two common vole cell lines and assayed their susceptibility, rep ... | 2019 | 31513859 |
| in vivo characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus in bank voles (myodes glareolus). | tick-borne encephalitis is the most important tick-transmitted zoonotic virus infection in eurasia, causing severe neurological symptoms in humans. the causative agent, the tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev), circulates between ticks and a variety of mammalian hosts. to study the interaction between tbev and one of its suspected reservoir hosts, bank voles of the western evolutionary lineage were inoculated subcutaneously with either one of eight tbev strains or the related attenuated langat v ... | 2019 | 31731773 |
| first detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ixodes ricinus ticks and their rodent hosts in moscow, russia. | here, we report the first confirmed autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis case diagnosed in moscow in 2016 and describe the detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) in ticks and small mammals in a moscow park. the paper includes data from two patients who were bitten by tbev-infected ticks in moscow city; one of these cases led to the development of the meningeal form of tbe. both tbev-infected ticks attacked patients in the same area. we collected ticks and trapped small mammals in thi ... | 2019 | 31447316 |
| exploring the reservoir hosts of tick-borne encephalitis virus. | tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is an important arbovirus, which is found across large parts of eurasia and is considered to be a major health risk for humans. like any other arbovirus, tbev relies on complex interactions between vectors, reservoir hosts, and the environment for successful virus circulation. hard ticks are the vectors for tbev, transmitting the virus to a variety of animals. the importance of these animals in the lifecycle of tbev is still up for debate. large woodland anim ... | 2019 | 31336624 |
| long-term trends of tick-borne pathogens in regard to small mammal and tick populations from saxony, germany. | rodents are important in the life-cycle of ticks as hosts for immature developmental stages. both rodents and ticks are of public health interest as they are reservoirs and vectors for different tick-borne pathogens (tbp). the aim of this study was to reassess the prevalence of tbp in previously studied areas of the city of leipzig (saxony, germany). | 2019 | 30909955 |
| small terrestrial mammals of albania: distribution and diversity (mammalia, eulipotyphla, rodentia). | in this paper new records are reported for 23 species of small terrestrial mammals (stm) of albania collected during the field work campaigns organised in the framework of the project "strengthening capacity in national nature protection - preparation for natura 2000 network" (natural) in albania during the summer and autumn of 2016 and 2017 data on small mammals were primarily collected through sherman live-trapping campaigns in six high priority protected areas of albania: korab-koritnik, bred ... | 2018 | 29670434 |
| genomic and spatial variability of a european common vole hepevirus. | rodents host different orthohepeviruses, namely orthohepevirus c genotype hev-c1 (rat hepatitis e virus, hev) and the additional putative genotypes hev-c3 and hev-c4. here, we screened 2,961 rodents from central europe by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) and identified hev rna in 13 common voles (microtus arvalis) and one bank vole (myodes glareolus) with detection rates of 2% (95% confidence interval [ci]: 1-3.4) and 0.08% (95% ci: 0.002-0.46), respectively. sequencing o ... | 2019 | 31399875 |
| discovery and genome characterization of three new jeilongviruses, a lineage of paramyxoviruses characterized by their unique membrane proteins. | in the past decade, many new paramyxoviruses that do not belong to any of the seven established genera in the family paramyxoviridae have been discovered. amongst them are j-virus (jpv), beilong virus (beipv) and tailam virus (tlmpv), three paramyxovirus species found in rodents. based on their similarities, it has been suggested that these viruses should compose a new genus, tentatively called 'jeilongvirus'. | 2018 | 30115009 |
| coxiella burnetii and francisella tularensis in wild small mammals from the czech republic. | wild rodents are an important source of the tick-borne pathogens coxiella burnetii and francisella tularensis. the aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of antibodies and possible coexistence of these pathogens in wild small mammals from three localities in the czech republic. a total of 614 wild small mammals (324 apodemus flavicollis, 145 myodes glareolus, 50 sorex araneus, 48 a. sylvaticus, 40 a. agrarius, six microtus arvalis and one talpa europaea) were trapped between 2012 and 2015 ... | 2020 | 31848075 |
| in vivo characterization of a bank vole-derived cowpox virus isolate in natural hosts and the rat model. | cowpox virus (cpxv) belongs to the genus orthopoxvirus in the poxviridae family and is endemic in western eurasia. based on seroprevalence studies in different voles from continental europe and uk, voles are suspected to be the major reservoir host. recently, a cpxv was isolated from a bank vole (myodes glareolus) in germany that showed a high genetic similarity to another isolate originating from a cotton-top tamarin (saguinus oedipus). here we characterize this first bank vole-derived cpxv iso ... | 2020 | 32093366 |
| why hantavirus prevalence does not always increase with host density: modeling the role of host spatial behavior and maternal antibodies. | for wildlife diseases, one often relies on host density to predict host infection prevalence and the subsequent force of infection to humans in the case of zoonoses. indeed, if transmission is mainly indirect, i.e., by way of the environment, the force of infection is expected to increase with host density, yet the laborious field data supporting this theoretical claim are often absent. hantaviruses are among those zoonoses that have been studied extensively over the past decades, as they pose a ... | 2020 | 33134187 |
| how bank vole-puuv interactions influence the eco-evolutionary processes driving nephropathia epidemica epidemiology-an experimental and genomic approach. | in europe, puumala virus (puuv) is responsible for nephropathia epidemica (ne), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). despite the presence of its reservoir, the bank vole, on most of french territory, the geographic distribution of ne cases is heterogeneous and ne endemic and non-endemic areas have been reported. in this study we analyzed whether bank vole-puuv interactions could partly shape these epidemiological differences. we performed crossed-experimental infections u ... | 2020 | 32993044 |
| extending the enterovirus lead: could a related picornavirus be responsible for diabetes in humans? | we found an association between the abundance of rodents in the wild and onset of type 1 diabetes (t1d) in humans. a picornavirus named ljungan virus (lv) was subsequently isolated from wild bank voles. both picornavirus-like particles detected by electron microscopy and lv antigen visualized by immunohistochemistry was seen in islets of langerhans in diabetic wild bank voles. lv antigen has also been found in islets of langerhans in a patient with recent onset of t1d and in the commonly used bi ... | 2020 | 32927606 |
| identification of a homology-independent linchpin domain controlling mouse and bank vole prion protein conversion. | prions are unorthodox pathogens that cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases in humans and other mammals. prion propagation occurs through the self-templating of the pathogenic conformer prpsc, onto the cell-expressed conformer, prpc. here we study the conversion of prpc to prpsc using a recombinant mouse prpsc conformer (mouse protein-only recprpsc) as a unique tool that can convert bank vole but not mouse prpc substrates in vitro. thus, its templating ability is not dependent on sequence homolo ... | 2020 | 32898162 |
| comparison of spleen transcriptomes of two wild rodent species reveals differences in the immune response against borrelia afzelii. | different host species often differ considerably in susceptibility to a given pathogen, but the causes of such differences are rarely known. the natural hosts of the tick-transmitted bacterium borrelia afzelii, which is one of causative agents of lyme borreliosis in humans, include a variety of small mammals like voles and mice. previous studies have shown that b. afzelii-infected bank voles (myodes glareolus) have about ten times higher bacterial load than infected yellow-necked mice (apodemus ... | 2020 | 32724523 |
| tick-borne encephalitis virus: seasonal and annual variation of epidemiological parameters related to nymph-to-larva transmission and exposure of small mammals. | a greater knowledge of the ecology of the natural foci of tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is essential to better assess the temporal variations of the risk of tick-borne encephalitis for humans. to describe the seasonal and inter-annual variations of the tbev-cycle and the epidemiological parameters related to tbev nymph-to-larva transmission, exposure of small mammals to tbev, and tick aggregation on small mammals, a longitudinal survey in ticks and small mammals was conducted over a 3-yea ... | 2020 | 32605114 |
| distribution of ticks, tick-borne pathogens and the associated local environmental factors including small mammals and livestock, in two french agricultural sites: the oscar database. | in europe, ticks are major vectors of both human and livestock pathogens (e.g. lyme disease, granulocytic anaplasmosis, bovine babesiosis). agricultural landscapes, where animal breeding is a major activity, constitute a mosaic of habitat types of various quality for tick survival and are used at different frequencies by wild and domestic hosts across seasons. this habitat heterogeneity, in time and space, conditions the dynamics of these host-vector-pathogen systems and thus drives acarological ... | 2020 | 32431559 |
| selective predation by owls on infected bank voles (myodes glareolus) as a possible sentinel of tularemia outbreaks. | tularemia is a widely spread zoonotic disease in the northern hemisphere, caused by the bacterium francisella tularensis. in humans, tularemia is an acute febrile illness with incidence peaks in late summer to early autumn of outbreak years, but there is no early warning system in place that can reduce the impact of disease by providing timely risk information. in this study, we revisit previously unpublished data on f. tularensis in water, sediment, soil, and small mammals from 1984 in northern ... | 2020 | 32349636 |
| role of donor genotype in rt-quic seeding activity of chronic wasting disease prions using human and bank vole substrates. | chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids. this fatal neurodegenerative disease is caused by misfolding of the cellular prion protein (prpc) to pathogenic conformers (prpsc), and the pathogenic forms accumulate in the brain and other tissues. real-time quaking induced conversion (rt-quic) can be used for the detection of prions and for prion strain discrimination in a variety of biological tissues from humans and animals. in this study, we evaluated how eith ... | 2020 | 31910440 |
| temporal dynamics of two pathogenic hantaviruses among rodents in hungary. | hantaviruses are worldwide pathogens, which often cause serious or even fatal diseases in humans. hosts are predominantly in the form of rodents and soricomorphs; however, bats are also described as an important reservoir. in hungary, representatives of two human pathogenic species of the genus orthohantavirus are present: the dobrava-belgrade orthohantavirus and puumala orthohantavirus. in hungarian forests, the dominant rodent species are apodemus flavicollis, apodemus agrarius, apodemus sylva ... | 2020 | 31821117 |
| characterization of the puumala orthohantavirus strains in the northwestern region of the republic of tatarstan in relation to the clinical manifestations in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome patients. | over 1,000 cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) were recorded in the republic of tatarstan (rt) in 2015. hfrs is a zoonotic disease caused by several different old world hantaviruses. in rt, puumala orthohantavirus (puuv) is a prevalent etiological agent of hfrs. we looked for the genetic link between the puuv strains isolated from the bank voles and from the infected humans. in addition, possible correlation between the genetic makeup of the puuv strain involved and different c ... | 2019 | 31543819 |
| gene-edited murine cell lines for propagation of chronic wasting disease prions. | prions cause fatal infectious neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals. cell culture models are essential for studying the molecular biology of prion propagation. defining such culture models is mostly a random process, includes extensive subcloning, and for many prion diseases few or no models exist. one example is chronic wasting disease (cwd), a highly contagious prion disease of cervids. to extend the range of cell models propagating cwd prions, we gene-edited mouse cell lines known ... | 2019 | 31371793 |
| population dynamics of bank voles predicts human puumala hantavirus risk. | predicting risk of zoonotic diseases, i.e., diseases shared by humans and animals, is often complicated by the population ecology of wildlife host(s). we here demonstrate how ecological knowledge of a disease system can be used for early prediction of human risk using puumala hantavirus (puuv) in bank voles (myodes glareolus), which causes nephropathia epidemica (ne) in humans, as a model system. bank vole populations at northern latitudes exhibit multiannual fluctuations in density and spatial ... | 2019 | 31309365 |
| borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and spotted fever group rickettsiae in small rodents and attached ticks in the northern apennines, italy. | ticks and ear biopsies were collected from wild small rodents in 2011 and 2012 in the northern apennines (italy), up to 1650 m above sea level. apodemus spp. (n = 83) and myodes glareolus (n = 22) were infested by ixodes ricinus (192 larvae and two nymphs), dermacentor marginatus (179 larvae and 29 nymphs), and ixodes trianguliceps (three larvae and two nymphs). we detected several borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) genospecies (b. afzelii, b. burgdorferi sensu stricto, b. garinii, b. lusita ... | 2019 | 31014939 |
| colonization and pathology of borrelia afzelii in its natural hosts. | studies of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in laboratory mice and humans have shown that spirochaetes disseminate from the site of infection (skin) to internal tissues, and cause various pathological effects. however, less is known about colonization and pathology of lyme borreliosis spirochaetes in their natural hosts. in the present study, we assessed the colonization and manifestations during b. afzelii infection in reservoir hosts (yellow-necked mouse, apodemus flavicollis; bank vole, myodes ... | 2019 | 31005618 |
| the opportunistic pathogen encephalitozoon cuniculi in wild living murinae and arvicolinae in central europe. | encephalitozoon spp. is an obligate intracellular microsporidian parasite that infects a wide range of mammalian hosts, including humans. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of encephalitozoon spp. in wild living rodents from poland, the czech republic and slovakia. faecal and spleen samples were collected from individuals of apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, and myodes glareolus (n = 465) and used for dna extraction. pcr, targeting the its region of ... | 2019 | 30825553 |
| preliminary insights into the genetics of bank vole tolerance to puumala hantavirus in sweden. | natural reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens generally seem to be capable of tolerating infections. tolerance and its underlying mechanisms remain difficult to assess using experiments or wildlife surveys. high-throughput sequencing technologies give the opportunity to investigate the genetic bases of tolerance, and the variability of its mechanisms in natural populations. in particular, population genomics may provide preliminary insights into the genes shaping tolerance and potentially influencing ... | 2018 | 30519443 |
| detection of francisella tularensis in three vole species in central europe. | francisella tularensis is a zoonotic, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia in humans. depending on its subspecies and the route of transmission, mild to lethal courses have been reported. f. tularensis subsp. holarctica is the only subspecies found in europe and affects a plenitude of vertebrates including lagomorphs and rodents. population outbreaks of certain rodent species are likely to be involved in the transmission of this pathogen. this molecular survey aims to evaluate the prese ... | 2019 | 30447176 |
| bringing together what belongs together: optimizing murine infection models by using mouse-adapted staphylococcus aureus strains. | staphylococcus (s.) aureus is a leading cause of bacterial infection world-wide, and currently no vaccine is available for humans. vaccine development relies heavily on clinically relevant infection models. however, the suitability of mice for s. aureus infection models has often been questioned, because experimental infection of mice with human-adapted s. aureus requires very high infection doses. moreover, mice were not considered to be natural hosts of s. aureus. the latter has been disproven ... | 2019 | 30391222 |
| borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host. | the impact of a pathogen on the fitness and behaviour of its natural host depends upon the host-parasite relationship in a given set of environmental conditions. here, we experimentally investigated the effects of borrelia afzelii, one of the aetiological agents of lyme disease in humans, on the fitness of its natural rodent host, the bank vole (myodes glareolus), in semi-natural conditions with two contrasting host population densities. our results show that b. afzelii can modify the reproducti ... | 2018 | 30068677 |
| rickettsia spp. in small mammals and their parasitizing ectoparasites from saxony, germany. | rickettsiae are emerging pathogens causing various types of spotted fever and typhus and are mostly transmitted by arthropods to humans and animals. in order to investigate the distribution of rickettsiae of the spotted fever group (sfg) in small mammals as potential reservoirs and in fleas and ticks from these animals as potential vectors, a total of 91 small mammals (seven species) were captured and their ectoparasites were collected at seven sites around leipzig, saxony, germany, in 2010 and ... | 2016 | 31014532 |
| impact of vertebrate communities on ixodes ricinus-borne disease risk in forest areas. | the density of questing ticks infected with tick-borne pathogens is an important parameter that determines tick-borne disease risk. an important factor determining this density is the availability of different wildlife species as hosts for ticks and their pathogens. here, we investigated how wildlife communities contribute to tick-borne disease risk. the density of ixodes ricinus nymphs infected with borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), borrelia miyamotoi, neoehrlichia mikurensis and anaplasma pha ... | 2019 | 31492171 |
| concentrations of cadmium and lead, but not zinc, are higher in red fox tissues than in rodents-pollution gradient study in the małopolska province (poland). | the main purpose of our research was to assess the chronic exposure of red foxes to cd, pb and zn. we have determined concentrations of these metals in the kidney, liver and muscle of 36 red foxes hunted between december 2002 and march 2003 in differently polluted areas in southern poland. tissue concentrations of pb and cd in the red foxes significantly co-varied with concentrations of these elements in the soil, and differed between the tissues. we compared concentrations of pb, cd, and zn in ... | 2019 | 30593652 |
| hepatitis e virus in common voles (microtus arvalis) from an urban environment, hungary: discovery of a cricetidae-specific genotype of orthohepevirus c. | hepatitis e virus is a major causative agent of acute hepatitis worldwide. despite its zoonotic potential, there is limited information about the natural chain of hepevirus infection in wildlife, and the potential reservoir species. in this study, we performed a hev survey by heminested rt-pcr on rodent samples from an urban environment (in the city of pécs, hungary) and investigated the prevalence of the virus among these native rodent species (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus ... | 2019 | 30499180 |
| the importance of wildlife in the ecology and epidemiology of the tbe virus in sweden: incidence of human tbe correlates with abundance of deer and hares. | tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) is one tick-transmitted disease where the human incidence has increased in some european regions during the last two decades. we aim to find the most important factors causing the increasing incidence of human tbe in sweden. based on a review of published data we presume that certain temperature-related variables and the population densities of transmission hosts, i.e. small mammals, and of primary tick maintenance hosts, i.e. cervids and lagomorphs, of the tbe viru ... | 2018 | 30153856 |
| rodents as intermediate hosts of cestode parasites of mammalian carnivores and birds of prey in poland, with the first data on the life-cycle of mesocestoides melesi. | rodents constitute an important part of the diet of many carnivore species. this predator-prey food chain is exploited by helminth parasites, such as cestodes, whose larval stages develop in rodents and then mature to the adult stage in predators. the main aim of our study was to use molecular techniques for identification of cestode species recovered from both intermediate and definitive hosts, with a particular focus on the genus mesocestoides. | 2020 | 32087754 |
| lack of evidence on the susceptibility of ticks and wild rodent species to pcv3 infection. | porcine circovirus 3 (pcv3) is an emerging virus, first detected in 2016 and widespread in the swine industry. although not considered a primary pathogen, pcv3 is potentially linked to several clinical conditions that threaten swine farming. wild boars are considered the main reservoir species for pcv3 infection in the wild, but recent detection in roe deer, chamois and associated ticks has complicated our understanding of its epidemiology. much emphasis has been placed on ticks, as competent ve ... | 2020 | 32825701 |
| host identification in unfed ticks from stable isotope compositions (δ13 c and δ15 n). | determination of the ratios of natural stable isotopes (13 c/12 c and 15 n/14 n) in unfed ixodes ricinus nymphs and adults, which, in their previous stage, fed on captive wild rodents (apodemus sylvaticus and myodes glareolus), wild birds (parus major and cyanistes caeruleus) or domestic ruminants (ovis aries and bos taurus), demonstrated that it is possible to identify each host category with confidence. first, the tick-blood spacing, which is the difference between values obtained from ticks a ... | 2019 | 30883848 |
| seeding and cross-seeding fibrillation of n-terminal prion protein peptides prp(120-144). | prion diseases are infectious neurodegenerative diseases that are capable of cross-species transmission, thus arousing public health concerns. seed-templating propagation of prion protein is believed to underlie prion cross-species transmission pathology. understanding the molecular fundamentals of prion propagation is key to unravelling the pathology of prion diseases. in this study, we use coarse-grained molecular dynamics to investigate the seeding and cross-seeding aggregation of three prion ... | 2018 | 29637634 |
| the ecological dynamics of hantavirus diseases: from environmental variability to disease prevention largely based on data from china. | hantaviruses can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in the americas and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in eurasia. in recent decades, repeated outbreaks of hantavirus disease have led to public concern and have created a global public health burden. hantavirus spillover from natural hosts into human populations could be considered an ecological process, in which environmental forces, behavioral determinants of exposure, and dynamics at the human-animal interface affect human ... | 2019 | 30789905 |
| salmonella and antimicrobial resistance in wild rodents-true or false threat? | transmission of pathogenic and resistant bacteria from wildlife to the bacterial gene pool in nature affects the ecosystem. hence, we studied intestine content of five wild rodent species: the yellow-necked wood mouse (apodemus flavicollis, n = 121), striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius, n = 75), common vole (microtus arvalis, n = 37), bank vole (myodes glareolus, n = 3), and house mouse (mus musculus, n = 1) to assess their potential role as an antimicrobial resistance (amr) and salmonella ve ... | 2020 | 32967245 |
| 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 |
| molecular survey of babesia microti (aconoidasida: piroplasmida) in wild rodents in turkey. | babesia microti (aconoidasida: piroplasmida) (franca, 1910) is an important tick-borne zoonotic parasite with rodents serving as reservoir hosts. in the present study, 536 rodents were captured from burdur, bartin, giresun, and yozgat provinces of turkey between the years 2010 and 2012, and blood samples were examined for the presence of babesia spp. using conventional pcr which targeted the 18s rrna gene. the sequence analysis of pcr amplicons was tested for b. microti as well as for hepatozoon ... | 2019 | 31143936 |
| testing the potential of 50 khz rat calls as a species-specific rat attractant. | the control of mammalian pests relies heavily on the use of pesticides that are often avoided and are not species-specific. these problems are particularly acute for pesticides used to control rats (rattus spp.). the efficacy and targeting of control could be improved by attracting animals to control measures using species-specific cues. one cue that has the potential to attract rats is the 50 khz calls they emit in positive social situations. here we test the potential of these rat calls as a s ... | 2019 | 30958822 |
| molecular detection of bartonella spp. in rodents in chernobyl exclusion zone, ukraine. | bacteria of the genus bartonella are obligate parasites of vertebrates. their distribution range covers almost the entire world, from the americas to europe and asia. many bartonella species use rodents as reservoirs, and while much is known about bartonella infection of rodents in central europe, its extent is poorly understood in eastern europe. | 2020 | 32948932 |
| the hidden faces of a biological invasion: parasite dynamics of invaders and natives. | one of the primary drivers of emerging infectious diseases (eids) is human intervention via host or parasite translocations. a unique opportunity to study host and parasite dispersal during a bio-invasion currently exists in ireland due to the introduction of the bank vole (myodes glareolus) in the 1920s. the continuing range expansion of m. glareolus within ireland presents a natural large-scale perturbation experiment. this study used the irish m. glareolus model to conduct a spatiotemporal st ... | 2020 | 31981672 |
| parasite load and site-specific parasite pressure as determinants of immune indices in two sympatric rodent species. | wildlife is exposed to parasites from the environment. this parasite pressure, which differs among areas, likely shapes the immunological strategies of animals. individuals differ in the number of parasites they encounter and host, and this parasite load also influences the immune system. the relative impact of parasite pressure vs. parasite load on different host species, particularly those implicated as important reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, is poorly understood. we captured bank voles (m ... | 2019 | 31766647 |
| small mammal responses to long-term large-scale woodland creation: the influence of local and landscape-level attributes. | habitat loss and fragmentation greatly affect biological diversity. actions to counteract their negative effects include increasing the quality, amount and connectivity of seminatural habitats at the landscape scale. however, much of the scientific evidence underpinning landscape restoration comes from studies of habitat loss and fragmentation, and it is unclear whether the ecological principles derived from habitat removal investigations are applicable to habitat creation. in addition, the rela ... | 2020 | 31670888 |
| the genetic diversity of borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts. | small mammals are essential in the enzootic cycle of many tick-borne pathogens (tbp). to understand their contribution to the genetic diversity of borrelia afzelii, the most prevalent tbp in questing ixodes ricinus, we compared the genetic variants of b. afzelii at three distinct genetic loci. we chose two plasmid loci, dbpa and ospc, and a chromosomal one, igs. | 2018 | 30081938 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| spatial and temporal evolutionary patterns in puumala orthohantavirus (puuv) s segment. | the s segment of bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus)-associated puumala orthohantavirus (puuv) contains two overlapping open reading frames coding for the nucleocapsid (n) and a non-structural (nss) protein. to identify the influence of bank vole population dynamics on puuv s segment sequence evolution and test for spillover infections in sympatric rodent species, during 2010-2014, 883 bank voles, 357 yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis), 62 wood mice (a. sylvaticus), 149 common voles (micr ... | 2020 | 32650456 |
| blood parasites (babesia, hepatozoon and trypanosoma) of rodents, lithuania: part i. molecular and traditional microscopy approach. | wild rodents, as natural reservoir hosts carrying various species of pathogens, play an important role in the evolution and emergence of zoonotic diseases. in this study, protist parasites, namely babesia sp., trypanosoma sp. and hepatozoon sp. were studied in rodent populations in lithuania. two hundred forty rodent specimens of seven species were analysed by a combined approach using polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based techniques and traditional microscopic examination. the total prevalence ... | 2020 | 31897793 |
| shared common ancestry of rodent alphacoronaviruses sampled globally. | the recent discovery of novel alphacoronaviruses (alpha-covs) in european and asian rodents revealed that rodent coronaviruses (covs) sampled worldwide formed a discrete phylogenetic group within this genus. to determine the evolutionary history of rodent covs in more detail, particularly the relative frequencies of virus-host co-divergence and cross-species transmission, we recovered longer fragments of cov genomes from previously discovered european rodent alpha-covs using a combination of pcr ... | 2019 | 30704076 |
| geographical distribution of ljungan virus in small mammals in europe. | ljungan virus (lv), which belongs to the parechovirus genus in the picornaviridae family, was first isolated from bank voles (myodes glareolus) in sweden in 1998 and proposed as a zoonotic agent. to improve knowledge of the host association and geographical distribution of lv, tissues from 1685 animals belonging to multiple rodent and insectivore species from 12 european countries were screened for lv-rna using reverse transcriptase (rt)-pcr. in addition, we investigated how the prevalence of lv ... | 2020 | 32487013 |
| on the doorstep, rodents in homesteads and kitchen gardens. | scarcely investigated in terms of small mammals, kitchen gardens and homesteads form a subset of environments. using results of snap trapping, we present the first data on small mammal species diversity, gender and age structure, relative abundance, body fitness, and reproduction parameters in these commensal habitats (kitchen gardens, homestead gardens, houses, and outbuildings). we expected that (i) house mice should be the dominant species in buildings, while striped field mice should be domi ... | 2020 | 32429138 |
| circulation of rickettsia species and rickettsial endosymbionts among small mammals and their ectoparasites in eastern slovakia. | bacteria belonging to the genus rickettsia are known as causative agents of vector-borne zoonotic diseases, such as spotted fevers, epidemic typhus and endemic typhus. different species of ticks, mites and fleas could act as reservoirs and arthropod vectors of different pathogenic rickettsia species. the aim of this work was to establish active surveillance of rickettsia spp. in mites, ticks and fleas collected from small mammals (rodents and shrews) in eastern slovakia. a total of 964 animal ea ... | 2020 | 32382991 |
| detection of rickettsia spp. in fleas collected from small mammals in slovakia, central europe. | this survey is aimed at investigation of species composition of fleas removed from small terrestrial mammals captured in rural, suburban, and urban types of habitat and molecular screening of the presence and diversity of rickettsia species in collected ectoparasites. in total, 279 fleas (siphonaptera) belonging to 9 species of 2 families, ceratophyllidae and hystrichopsyllidae, were collected from 115 (46%) out of 250 trapped small mammals of eight species (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicoll ... | 2020 | 32366189 |
| molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of orthohantaviruses in small mammals in western poland. | orthohantaviruses are negative-sense, single-stranded rna viruses harbored by multiple small mammals. dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) and puumala virus (puuv) cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in europe. in poland, serological surveys have demonstrated antibodies against dobv and puuv in patients with hfrs. molecular evidence of dobv and puuv has been found in apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus, respectively, in southeastern poland, and seewis virus (swsv) has been reported ... | 2020 | 32314690 |
| my niche: individual spatial niche specialization affects within- and between-species interactions. | intraspecific trait variation is an important determinant of fundamental ecological interactions. many of these interactions are mediated by behaviour. therefore, interindividual differences in behaviour should contribute to individual niche specialization. comparable with variation in morphological traits, behavioural differentiation between individuals should limit similarity among competitors and thus act as a mechanism maintaining within-species variation in ecological niches and facilitatin ... | 2020 | 31937229 |
| cocirculation of two orthohantavirus species in small mammals of the northwestern ukraine. | rodent-borne hantaviruses have been reported in many of the countries surrounding ukraine; however, to date we have no knowledge of the viral strains circulating in ukraine within reservoirs such as the striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius), the yellow-necked field mouse (apodemus flavicollis), and the bank vole (myodes glareolus). to determine the prevalence of hantaviruses in ukraine, we captured 1,261 mammals, of which 1,109 were rodents, in 58 field sites within the province of volyn in we ... | 2020 | 31917639 |
| concentration of mercury in the livers of small terrestrial rodents from rural areas in poland. | small terrestrial mammals could be used as accumulative biomonitors of different environmental contaminants, but the knowledge of the level of hg in their bodies is scant. the aim of our research was to verify the factors influencing hg bioaccumulation and to analyze the concentration of total mercury (hg) in the livers of four species of wild terrestrial rodents from different rural areas of poland: the yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis), striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius), common ... | 2019 | 31739423 |
| the prevalence of pathogenic forms of leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in serbia. | the greatest epidemiological significance of leptospirosis in europe comes from the fact that it is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. however, epizootiological data, especially information on maintenance hosts such as small wild mammals, are largely missing. to fill this gap in data in serbia, we used rt-pcr for the detection of pathogenic leptospira species and analysed 107 animals belonging to six species of small wild mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, microtus arvalis ... | 2019 | 31549550 |
| serologic survey of the crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus infection among wild rodents in hungary. | crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever virus (cchfv) is a tick-borne pathogen, which causes an increasing number of severe infections in many parts of africa, asia and in europe. the virus is primarily transmitted by ticks, however, the spectrum of natural hosts regarding cchfv includes a wide variety of domestic and wild animals. although the presence of cchfv was hypothesized in hungary, data in support of cchfv prevalence has thus far, proven insufficient. in the present study, rodents belonging to ... | 2019 | 31302067 |
| light pollution affects space use and interaction of two small mammal species irrespective of personality. | artificial light at night (alan) is one form of human-induced rapid environmental changes (hirec) and is strongly interfering with natural dark-light cycles. some personality types within a species might be better suited to cope with environmental change and therefore might be selected upon under ongoing urbanization. | 2019 | 31215409 |