| toxoplasmosis: a serological survey in ontario wildlife. | sera from seven species of wild animals in ontario were examined for antibody to toxoplasma gondii using the sabin-feldman dye test. of 158 sera tested, 53% of the red foxes (vulpes vulpes), 56% of the striped skunks (mephitis mephitis), 78% of the coyotes (canis latrans), 33% of the black bears (ursus americanus), 18% of the short tailed shrews (blarina brevicauda) and none of the field voles (microtus pennsylvanicus) had antibody. antibody to t. gondii was present in sera from wild animals cap ... | 1976 | 16502687 |
| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in small mammals from the ardennes region, france. | serum samples from 218 small mammals trapped in forest and grassland in the ardennes region (north-eastern france) were tested for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii. using the modified agglutination test, positive results were found in 4/92 apodemus sp., 3/64 clethrionomys glareolus, 0/26 microtus agrestis, 0/4 micromys minutus, 3/5 sorex sp., 2/9 arvicola terrestris, and 7/18 talpa europaea. toxoplasma gondii was not isolated from the heart of seropositive individuals after bioassay in mice. sero ... | 2007 | 18303774 |
| molecular survey of zoonotic agents in rodents and other small mammals in croatia. | croatia is a focus for many rodent-borne zoonosis. here, we report a survey of 242 rodents and small mammals, including 43 myodes glareolus, 131 apodemus flavicollis, 53 apodemus agrarius, three apodemus sylvaticus, six sorex araneus, four microtus arvalis, one microtus agrestis, and one muscardinus avellanarius, collected at eight sites in croatia over an 8-year period. multiplex masstag polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was used for detection of borrelia, rickettsia, bartonella, babesia, ehrlich ... | 2016 | 26711522 |