isolation of listeria monocytogenes from roof rats (rattus rattus) in buildings in tokyo. | | 1991 | 1832043 |
prevalence of listeria (spp.) in wild rats captured in the kanto area of japan. | in the kanto area a total of 245 wild rats were captured. all rats captured in ikebukuro (110 rats) and 9 out of 41 rats in yokohama were rattus rattus, and all other 126 rats were rattus norvegicus. in kashima and ikebukuro, listeria was isolated from 28 rats (77.8%) and 27 rats (24.5%), respectively, but in the other 4 areas listeria was isolated from 0-7% rats. listeria monocytogenes was isolated from 12 rats (10.9%) captured in ikebukuro and 2 rats in kashima and numazu. the frequent isolati ... | 1992 | 1643170 |
serological investigations in q-fever and listeriosis of wild-living small mammals on the cape verde islands. | serological investigations of small mammals had been made on the island santiago (cape verde islands), to clear up how far synantropic, small mammals are reservoir hosts for pathogens, such as coxiella burnetti and listeria monocytogenes. 367 small mammals representing two species (rattus rattus and mus musculus) were trapped. q-fever antibodies were detected in 155 of 350 examined rats and mice (44.29%). 18.89% of all tested sera showed positive results to listeria-antigen, serovar 4bh, 5.48% t ... | 1988 | 3169561 |