| antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in wild rodent sera in egypt. | specific antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis (lcm) virus were detected in sera of wild rodents trapped in different regions of egypt. the highest proportion of positive sera (11.5%) was found in sinaa governorate of the asian continent, followed by sharkia governorate (5.6%) adjacent to sinaa and giza governorate (1.8%). in upper egypt, however all 610 rodent sera collected in aswan, red sea pernees and new valley adjacent to sudan were negative. the highest percentage of positive sera wa ... | 1991 | 1880412 |
| rodents and their ectoparasites in sharkia governorate, egypt. | rodents serve as reservoir hosts for many parasitic and bacterial diseases which are spread to man and animals by their habits, their droppings or by their arthropod ectoparasites. commensal (semi-domestic) rodents were collected by different methods from sharkia governorate over a period of one year, 1989. the trapped rodents in descending order of prevalence were rattus norvegicus, rattus rattus, mus musculus and gerbillus gerbillus. the ectoparasites were collected and identified as five spec ... | 1990 | 2230340 |