| rickettsiae in arthropods collected from the north african hedgehog (atelerix algirus) and the desert hedgehog (paraechinus aethiopicus) in algeria. | hedgehogs have become a popular pet despite their potential role in zoonotic disease transmission. we conducted an entomological study in a mountainous region of northeast algeria in which we collected 387 fleas (archeopsylla erinacei) and 342 ticks (rhipicephalus sanguineus and haemaphysalis erinacei) from paraechinus aethiopicus and atelerix algirus hedgehogs. of the hedgehogs sampled, 77.7% and 91% were infested with fleas and ticks, respectively. significantly more ticks and fleas were colle ... | 2012 | 22222114 |
| detection of bartonella tamiae, coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae in arthropods and tissues from wild and domestic animals in northeastern algeria. | in recent years, the scope and importance of emergent vector-borne diseases has increased dramatically. in algeria, only limited information is currently available concerning the presence and prevalence of these zoonotic diseases. for this reason, we conducted a survey of hematophagous ectoparasites of domestic mammals and/or spleens of wild animals in el tarf and souk ahras, algeria. | 2016 | 26791781 |
| epidemiology of tick-borne borreliosis in morocco. | the presence in morocco of argasid ticks of the ornithodoros erraticus complex, the vector of tick-borne relapsing fever (tbrf) in north africa, has been known since 1919, but the disease is rarely diagnosed and few epidemiological data are available. | 2012 | 23029574 |
| natural infection of algerian hedgehog, atelerix algirus (lereboullet 1842) with leishmania parasites in tunisia. | in tunisia, leishmania parasites are responsible of visceral leishmaniasis, caused by leishmania infantum species while three cutaneous disease forms are documented: chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania killicki, sporadic cutaneous form (scl) caused by l. infantum and the predominant zoonotic cutaneous leishmanaisis (zcl) due to leishmania major. zcl reservoirs are rodents of the psammomys and meriones genera, while for scl the dog is supposed to be a reservoir. ctenodactylus gundii ... | 2015 | 26086952 |
| first report of natural infection in hedgehogs with leishmania major, a possible reservoir of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in algeria. | we report here the first known cases of natural infection of hedgehogs with leishmania major. cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important public health problem in the area of m'sila, a semi-arid province in algeria's northern sahara, where two species of hedgehog live, atelerix algirus and paraechinus aethiopicus. the aim of this research was to survey leishmania infection in these hedgehogs and evaluate whether they were reservoir hosts of leishmania in an endemic zoonotic focus of leishmaniasis. s ... | 2014 | 24699087 |
| the karyotype of the middle-african hedgehog atelerix albiventris wagner, 1841 and its cytotaxonomical relationships to other erinaceinae (insectivora: erinaceidae). | like other hedgehog species investigated hitherto, also the middle african species atelerix albiventris has a diploid number of 48 chromosomes. however, aethechinus and atelerix display quite distinct cytogenetic characteristics compared to the hedgehog genera erinaceus, hemiechinus and paraechinus. individual chromosome structures and reactivities permit the recognition of similarities to the algerian hedgehog aethechinus algirus and indicate their close relationship. nevertheless, the proposal ... | 1991 | 1879689 |
| [dura conditions, brain vessels and capillary density in the brains of the european hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus) and the desert hedgehog (erinaceus algirus levaudeni)]. | | 1968 | 5717246 |
| occurrence of trichinella spp. in wild animals in northwestern libya. | the present study determined the occurrence of trichinella spp. in captured and some perished wildlife animals which included 70 hedgehogs, 19 red foxes, 13 common jackals and 8 crested porcupines in northwestern libya. muscle samples of these animals were examined by trichinoscopy. trichinella larvae were detected only in 4 (5.7%) of the hedgehogs (erinaceus algirus) and 2 (10.5%) of the red foxes (vulpes vulpes). larvae were found in the muscles of the diaphragm, abdomen, tongue, forelimb, hin ... | 2013 | 26623318 |
| cytogenetic peculiarities in the algerian hedgehog: silver stains not only nors but also heterochromatic blocks. | hedgehogs belong to one of the several mammalian taxa in which karyotype differences are based on variations in heterochromatin content. furthermore, the number and location of nucleolar organizer regions (nors) can also vary widely. in the present study these cytogenetic features were investigated in the algerian hedgehog, erinaceus (aethechinus) algirus. the heterochromatin and nor distribution patterns in the karyotype of this species are new among hedgehogs, whereas the euchromatic regions, ... | 1995 | 7649754 |
| localization and characterization of the repetitive dna of the algerian hedgehog, erinaceus (aethecinus) algirus. i. | | 1975 | 1126383 |
| karyotype and heterochromatin pattern of the algerian hedgehog. | | 1972 | 5072788 |
| study of zoonotic enteric pathogens of atelerix algirus in tenerife, canary islands, spain. | atelerix algirus is an invasive species in the canary islands (spain). there are few studies about the zoonotic pathogens this species could be hosting; therefore, this study was focused on analyzing causative agents of diarrhea in humans in feces from hedgehogs. a total of 45 fecal samples obtained in tenerife (canary islands) were analyzed in this study using biofire filmarray gastrointestinal panel with an integrated biofire filmarray system. forty-two (93.33%) of the samples presented at lea ... | 2020 | 33134361 |
| angiostrongylus cantonensis in north african hedgehogs as vertebrate hosts, mallorca, spain, october 2018. | in october 2018, two atelerix algirus hedgehogs were admitted to the wildlife rehabilitation hospital in mallorca (balearic islands, spain) with signs of acute neurological disease. necropsy detected immature, fully developed nematodes in the subarachnoid space of both hedgehogs, including a gravid female worm. dna-based molecular tools confirmed the nematode as angiostrongylus cantonensis, an important aetiological agent of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. so far this zoonotic parasite in has ... | 2019 | 31431209 |
| first records and molecular-phylogenetic analyses of three tick species (ixodes kaiseri, hyalomma lusitanicum and ornithodoros coniceps) from malta. | the maltese islands are situated south of mainland europe and north of africa, therefore are expected to share tick species and tick-borne pathogens with both continents. this situation highlights the importance of studying ticks in this country. nevertheless, the tick fauna of malta appears to be a seldom investigated issue, with hitherto only five tick species reported in the country. here, as part of a tick collection campaign continuing since 2016 in malta, three tick species new to the coun ... | 2020 | 32001157 |
| combined morphology and dna-barcoding to identify plagiorhynchus cylindraceus cystacanths in atelerix algirus. | the acanthocephalan parasite plagiorhynchus cylindraceus has a global distribution and utilizes isopods and birds as intermediate and definitive hosts, respectively. occasionally, mammals of various orders can act as paratenic hosts. in hedgehogs, severe cases have been reported in juvenile specimens due to secondary infections, as a consequence of complete penetrations of the intestinal wall by cystacanths. in a 66-month study period, we found seven larvae of this parasite encysted in both, the ... | 2019 | 30927061 |
| paraechinus aethiopicus (ehrenberg 1832) and atelerix algirus (lereboullet 1842) hedgehogs: possible reservoirs of endemic leishmaniases in tunisia. | rodents and dogs are the confirmed leishmaniases reservoir hosts in tunisia. recently, we described hedgehog leishmania (l.) major and l. infantum infection in an l. infantum endemic area in the north-west. in order to assess if the observation could extend to other endemic areas and to highlight the potential role of hedgehogs as reservoir host, we aimed here at investigating their leishmania infection in different foci in tunisia located along a north-south transect, during and outside differe ... | 2018 | 29860099 |