| genetic and morphological heterogeneity in small rodent whipworms in southwestern europe: characterization of trichuris muris and description of trichuris arvicolae n. sp. (nematoda: trichuridae). | genetic and morphological variability of whipworms trichuris roederer, 1761 (nematoda: trichuridae), parasites of small rodents in southwestern europe, was studied. isozyme patterns of natural populations of nematodes parasitizing rodent species of the muridae (apodemus sylvaticus, apodemus flavicollis, mus musculus) and arvicolidae (clethrionomys glareolus, microtus agrestis, microtus arvalis) were analyzed at 6 putative loci. two diagnostic loci were found in t. muris from muridae and from arv ... | 2000 | 10864238 |
| the intestinal nematode trichuris arvicolae affects the fecundity of its host, the common vole microtus arvalis. | parasites have detrimental effects on host fitness. consequently, they play a major role for host population dynamics. in this study, we investigated experimentally the impact of the nematode trichuris arvicolae on the reproduction of its host, the common vole microtus arvalis. wild common voles were trapped in east of france and reared in standardized conditions before being experimentally infected. infection with trichuris arvicolae did not affect host consumption of food or water. parasitized ... | 2007 | 17520287 |
| Female-biased infection and transmission of the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris arvicolae infecting the common vole, Microtus arvalis. | Previous studies addressing the importance of host gender in parasite transmission have shed light on males as the more important hosts, with the higher transmission potential of males being explained by the fact that they often harbour higher parasite loads than females. However, in some systems females are more heavily infected than males and may be responsible for driving infection under such circumstances. Using a wild population of common voles (Microtus arvalis), we showed that females wer ... | 2011 | 22056297 |