| cluster of capillaria hepatica infections in non-commensal rodents from the canton of geneva, switzerland. | we trapped 664 rodents belonging to five non-commensal species in the canton of geneva, switzerland, and found a significant cluster of capillaria hepatica infections in three species in rural and urbanized areas of the northern part of the canton. c. hepatica infections were discovered in the yellow-necked mouse apodemus flavicollis (n=99) with an overall prevalence (op) of 7.0% and a clustered prevalence (cp) of 20%, in the bank vole clethrionomys glareolus (n=58, op 5.2%; cp 19%), and in the ... | 2005 | 15924224 |
| rodents as shared indicators for zoonotic parasites of carnivores in urban environments. | rodents are shared intermediate or paratenic hosts for echinococcus multilocularis, toxocara spp. and toxoplasma gondii, and may serve as valuable indicators for assessing the occurrence and the level of environmental contamination and infection pressure with free-living stages of these zoonotic parasites. we investigated 658 non-commensal rodents for parasite infections in the canton of geneva, switzerland. the prevalence of infection with e. multilocularis was highest in arvicola terrestris ca ... | 2009 | 19154652 |