| serum constituents and liver photomicrographs of wild suncus murinus in the south of taiwan. | serum constituents and liver of the wild male suncus as well as of those bred and fed in our laboratory were examined serologically and histologically. the following results were obtained: the serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transaminase, inorganic phosphate, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, and zinc turbidity test levels of wild suncus were higher than those of 4 and 8 week old fed suncus. the total cholesterol level of wild suncus was lower than those of 4 an ... | 1987 | 2880742 |
| a serological survey of rodent plague in taiwan and offshore islands. | serological surveys were made on individual sera of small animals trapped on taiwan and offshore islands. the animals were shrews of the species suncus murinus, and rats of the species rattus rattus and r. norvegicus. the tests showed that on makung in the peng-hu islands (pescadores), 66% of the shrews, 30% of the r. rattus and 15% of the r. norvegicus had passive haemagglutination titres with fraction 1 antigens in the range of 1:16 to 1:256, indicative of previous plague infections. these obs ... | 1968 | 5303332 |
| population indices of chiggers (leptotrombidium deliense) and incidence of scrub typhus in chinese military personnel, pescadores islands of taiwan, 1976-77. | larval leptotrombidium deliense were recovered from live-trapped suncus murinus, rattus rattus and r. norvegicus captured in the pescadores islands of taiwan during 1976 and 1977. weekly and monthly indices of chigger infestation expressed as a percentage of hosts infested and the number of chiggers per host for s. murinus and rattus spp. were calculated. close correlations were observed between monthly indices of l. deliense measured for s. murinus and rattus spp. and the number of laboratory-c ... | 1982 | 7080163 |
| [parasitic infections among wild rats from two areas of kaohsiung]. | wild rats including four strains were captured for examination of parasitic infections. the numbers were 101 from areas of kaohsiung harbor and 98 from areas of kaohsiung airport. most of the examined wild rats were rattus norvegicus and second most were suncus murinus. the infection rates of intestinal helminths in rats of both areas did not display any significant difference. the overall infection rate was 29.6%. the infection rate was highest in r. norvegicus and the most frequently found par ... | 1996 | 8709181 |
| seroepidemiology of hantaan virus infection in taiwan. | in order to investigate the infection rate of hantaan virus in taiwan, a total of 6,536 human serum samples were collected from residents, selected by stratified random sampling, from 19 townships covering four different ethnic groups: aborigines, fukien taiwanese, hakka taiwanese, and mainland chinese. serum samples were screened for hantaan virus antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence. the prototype hantaan virus (76/118)-infected vero e6 cells were used as the viral antigen for the antibod ... | 1996 | 8950687 |
| development of a recombinant protein-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and its applications in field surveillance of rodent mice for presence of immunoglobulin g against orientia tsutsugamushi. | a recombinant protein containing the immunodominant conserved epitope region of the 56-kda outer membrane protein of the karp strain of orientia tsutsugamushi was purified to near homogeneity using recombinant dna techniques. the purified protein was used to immunize rabbits and produced an antibody that could recognize different strains of o. tsutsugamushi, as demonstrated both by western blotting and immunofluorescence assay. an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) based on this recombina ... | 2003 | 12738648 |
| surveillance of endoparasitic infections and the first report of physaloptera sp. and sarcocystis spp. in farm rodents and shrews in central taiwan. | a total of 95 rodents and shrews including 82 rattus norvegicus, 7 rattus rattus, and 6 suncus murinus were trapped from different localities of taichung, taiwan. the overall prevalence of parasites was 93.7%. the infection rates for r. norvegicus, r. rattus, and s. murinus were 93.9%, 85.7%, and 100%, respectively. the rats were infected with four cestodes, taenia taeniaeformis (48.4%), hymenolepis diminuta (38.9%), hymenolepis nana (5.3%), and raillietina celebensis (45.3%); ten nematodes, ang ... | 2009 | 19194075 |
| epidemiology of bartonella infection in rodents and shrews in taiwan. | during the period of august 2002 and november 2004, an epidemiological investigation for bartonella infection was conducted in small mammals in taiwan. using whole blood culture on chocolate agar plates, bartonella species were successfully isolated from 41.3% of the 310 animals tested. the isolation rate of bartonella species varied among different animal species, including 52.7% of the 169 rattus norvegicus, 28.6% of the 126 sucus murinus, 10% of the 10 rattus rattus and 66.7% of the three rat ... | 2010 | 19538457 |
| high prevalence of rickettsia spp. infections in small mammals in taiwan. | surveillance for rickettsia spp. is urgently needed due to the recent emergence of many novel rickettsioses around the globe, but previous studies in taiwan have been limited to small areas and no investigation of infections in vertebrate hosts has ever been attempted. we surveyed rickettsial infections systematically in small-mammal hosts trapped between 2006 and 2010 throughout taiwan. fragments of ompb and glta genes in the liver, spleen, and kidney of mammals were targeted by nested polymera ... | 0 | 25629776 |
| detection of anaplasma phagocytophilum and anaplasma bovis in small wild mammals from taichung and kinmen island, taiwan. | a total of 138 animals from 7 species (apodemus agrarius, bandicota indica, crocidura suaveolens, mus caroli, mus formosanus, rattus losea, and suncus murinus) captured in taichung, located in central taiwan, and kinmen island, an island off the shore of china, were examined for the presence of anaplasma phagocytophilum. the presence of the bacteria, which causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis, was examined by nested pcr targeting the16s rdna. twelve animals (8.7%) from m. caroli and r. losea, ... | 2014 | 24647253 |
| study of the endoparasitic fauna of commensal rats and shrews caught in traditional wet markets in taichung city, taiwan. | rats live in close proximity to human populations. feral rodents are known to transmit diseases and act as reservoir hosts to many zoonotic parasites that pose health risks to humans. the aim of this study is to investigate endoparasitic infections in commensal rats and shrews caught in traditional wet markets in taichung city, taiwan. | 2013 | 22516746 |
| field assessment of orientia tsutsugamushi infection in small mammals and its association with the occurrence of human scrub typhus in taiwan. | we conducted an extensive study in taiwan of orientia tsutsugamushi (ot) infection in small wild mammals. field trapping was carried out at six districts in eastern and western taiwan as well as various offshore islands during the period 2006-2010. a total of 1061 specimens representing 11 rodent species were captured. the presence of ot infection was assessed by indirect immunofluorescence assay and polymerase chain reaction assays of 56-kda type-specific antigen gene. the chigger infestation r ... | 2014 | 24361181 |
| emergence of a sylvatic enzootic formosan ferret badger-associated rabies in taiwan and the geographical separation of two phylogenetic groups of rabies viruses. | taiwan had been declared rabies-free in humans and domestic animals for five decades until july 2013, when surprisingly, three formosan ferret badgers (fb) were diagnosed with rabies. since then, a variety of wild carnivores and other wildlife species have been found dead, neurologically ill, or exhibiting aggressive behaviors around the island. to determine the affected animal species, geographic areas, and environments, animal bodies were examined for rabies by direct fluorescent antibody test ... | 2016 | 26711025 |