| interrelationship between ectoparasites and wild rodents from northeastern buenos aires province, argentina. | infestation parameters and indices of mites, ticks and fleas associated with wild rodents from northeastern buenos aires province, argentina, were studied. host species similarity was also analyzed in relation to their ectoparasites. fifty-five rodents were captured from january 2000 to march 2001. in total, 1,022 ectoparasites were collected and three ectoparasite-host associations were new records. however, this is the first study on craneopsylla minerva wolffhuegeli infesting parameters. ecto ... | 2003 | 12700861 |
| prevalence of infection with hantavirus in rodent populations of central argentina. | we studied hantavirus seroprevalence and virus variability in rodent populations in diego gaynor, northwest of buenos aires province, argentina. rodent samplings were conducted in railroads and cropfield borders in march and july 1999, september and december 2000, and march 2001. antibody detection was performed by an enzyme link immunosorbent assay (elisa), using the recombinant nucleoprotein of andes (and) virus as antigen. tissue samples were taken from positive antibody individuals in order ... | 2003 | 14595446 |
| bot fly parasitism (rogenhofera bonaerensis) (diptera, cuterebridae) in the pampean grassland mouse (akodon azarae), in argentina. | seasonality and impact of parasitism by the larvae of rogenhofera bonaerensis (diptera: cuterebridae) in pampean grassland mouse (akodon azarae, rodentia, cricetidae) populations were studied in grasslands and cropfield borders near diego gaynor (buenos aires province, argentina), from november 1985 to december 1986. trapped mice infections ranged from one larva (77%) to four (4%) per host; larvae occurred on tails (75.7%), backs (17.1%), thighs (5.7%), and abdomen (1.4%). prevalence of larvae o ... | 1990 | 2406466 |