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prevalence of orientia tsutsugamushi, anaplasma phagocytophilum and leptospira interrogans in striped field mice in gwangju, republic of korea.this study investigated the prevalence of orientia tsutsugamushi, anaplasma phagocytophilum, and leptospira interrogans in wild rodents through molecular detection using organ samples and through serological assay using blood samples of mice collected from two distinct sites in gwangju metropolitan city, republic of korea (rok). a total of 47 wild rodents, identified as apodemus agrarius (a. agrarius), were captured from june to august 2016. the seroprevalence of antibodies against bacterial pat ...201931419222
long-term trends of tick-borne pathogens in regard to small mammal and tick populations from saxony, germany.rodents are important in the life-cycle of ticks as hosts for immature developmental stages. both rodents and ticks are of public health interest as they are reservoirs and vectors for different tick-borne pathogens (tbp). the aim of this study was to reassess the prevalence of tbp in previously studied areas of the city of leipzig (saxony, germany).201930909955
genetic characteristics of pathogenic leptospira in wild small animals and livestock in jiangxi province, china, 2002-2015.leptospirosis is one of the most important neglected tropical bacterial diseases worldwide. however, there is limited information on the genetic diversity and host selectivity of pathogenic leptospira in wild small mammal populations.201931233503
phylogeographic diversity and hybrid zone of hantaan orthohantavirus collected in gangwon province, republic of korea.hantaan orthohantavirus (hantaan virus, htnv), harbored by apodemus agrarius (the striped field mouse), causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in humans. viral genome-based surveillance at new expansion sites to identify hfrs risks plays a critical role in tracking the infection source of orthohantavirus outbreak. in the republic of korea (rok), most studies demonstrated the serological prevalence and genetic diversity of orthohantaviruses collected from hfrs patients or rodents in ...202033035222
temporal dynamics of two pathogenic hantaviruses among rodents in hungary.hantaviruses are worldwide pathogens, which often cause serious or even fatal diseases in humans. hosts are predominantly in the form of rodents and soricomorphs; however, bats are also described as an important reservoir. in hungary, representatives of two human pathogenic species of the genus orthohantavirus are present: the dobrava-belgrade orthohantavirus and puumala orthohantavirus. in hungarian forests, the dominant rodent species are apodemus flavicollis, apodemus agrarius, apodemus sylva ...202031821117
from mice to men: three cases of human infection with cryptosporidium ditrichi.most human cases of cryptosporidiosis are caused by cryptosporidium parvum or cryptosporidium hominis. however, the number of recognised cryptosporidium species, some of which are capable of infecting humans, is continuously increasing. here we present three human cases infected with cryptosporidium ditrichi, a recently described species in apodemus spp. (striped field mouse, yellow-necked mouse, and wood mouse) from various european countries. all three patients were infected in sweden, but in ...202031751756
associations between different laelapidae (mesostigmata: dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents from lithuania.associations between species of laelapidae (mesostigmata: dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents have been studied insufficiently. the aim of this study was to investigate infestation patterns of small rodent species by laelapid mites at six locations in lithuania. a total of 728 rodents were snap- and live-trapped in various locations during 2013-2016. eight rodent species were identified, namely apodemus flavicollis, apodemus agrarius, myodes glareolus, micromys minutus, mus musculus, microtu ...202032307619
molecular detection of bartonella spp. in rodents in chernobyl exclusion zone, ukraine.bacteria of the genus bartonella are obligate parasites of vertebrates. their distribution range covers almost the entire world, from the americas to europe and asia. many bartonella species use rodents as reservoirs, and while much is known about bartonella infection of rodents in central europe, its extent is poorly understood in eastern europe.202032948932
prevalence data of diarrheagenic e. coli in the fecal pellets of wild rodents using culture methods and pcr assay.wild animals, such as rodents seem to be competent reservoir of bacteria-borne zoonotic diseases which disseminate in human. we investigated the presence of e. coli, shiga toxin-producing e. coli (stec), and salmonella in the feces of six category wild rodent species (apodemus agrarius, a. peninsulae, a. sylvaticus, micromys minutus, myodes regulus, and r. norvegicus) captured from different agricultural regions in south korea. among them, a. agrarius, which account for 65% of total (n = 52) ind ...202033163593
innate and adaptive immunity in wild rodents spontaneously and experimentally infected with the tick-borne encephalitis virus.two dominant species of wild small rodents trapped in novosibirsk region, south-western siberia, russia differed in their susceptibility to the tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) infection. tbev rna average detection rate for northern red-backed vole myodes rutilus (pallas, 1779) (82.2 ± 5.8% blood samples and 63.1 ± 2.7% organ samples) significantly exceeded the corresponding values for the striped field mouse apodemus agrarius (pallas, 1771) (47.0 ± 8.7% blood and 24.5 ± 2.8% organ samples) ...202031927073
ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of borrelia miyamotoi in slovakia: the first record of borrelia miyamotoi in a haemaphysalis inermis tick.in slovakia, little knowledge is available on the occurrence, hosts and vectors of borrelia miyamotoi of the relapsing fever group. in the current study, 2160 questing and rodent-attached ticks of six species (ixodes ricinus, ixodes trianguliceps, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis concinna and haemaphysalis inermis), 279 fleas belonging to 9 species (ctenophthalmus agyrtes, ctenophthalmus solutus, ctenophthalmus assimilis, megabothris turbidus, amalareus penicilliger ...202032723657
salmonella and antimicrobial resistance in wild rodents-true or false threat?transmission of pathogenic and resistant bacteria from wildlife to the bacterial gene pool in nature affects the ecosystem. hence, we studied intestine content of five wild rodent species: the yellow-necked wood mouse (apodemus flavicollis, n = 121), striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius, n = 75), common vole (microtus arvalis, n = 37), bank vole (myodes glareolus, n = 3), and house mouse (mus musculus, n = 1) to assess their potential role as an antimicrobial resistance (amr) and salmonella ve ...202032967245
my niche: individual spatial niche specialization affects within- and between-species interactions.intraspecific trait variation is an important determinant of fundamental ecological interactions. many of these interactions are mediated by behaviour. therefore, interindividual differences in behaviour should contribute to individual niche specialization. comparable with variation in morphological traits, behavioural differentiation between individuals should limit similarity among competitors and thus act as a mechanism maintaining within-species variation in ecological niches and facilitatin ...202031937229
bigger doesn't mean bolder: behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum.understanding how wild species respond to novel situations with associated risk can provide valuable insights for inter-specific behavioral variation and associations with pace-of-life (pol). rodents, a globally distributed and diverse taxonomic group, have been the subjects of countless studies emulating risky situations. controlled laboratory experiments with a focus on wild-caught species provide the opportunity to test fine-scale behavioral responses to contexts of risk with ecological impli ...202032973911
circulation of rickettsia species and rickettsial endosymbionts among small mammals and their ectoparasites in eastern slovakia.bacteria belonging to the genus rickettsia are known as causative agents of vector-borne zoonotic diseases, such as spotted fevers, epidemic typhus and endemic typhus. different species of ticks, mites and fleas could act as reservoirs and arthropod vectors of different pathogenic rickettsia species. the aim of this work was to establish active surveillance of rickettsia spp. in mites, ticks and fleas collected from small mammals (rodents and shrews) in eastern slovakia. a total of 964 animal ea ...202032382991
detection of rickettsia spp. in fleas collected from small mammals in slovakia, central europe.this survey is aimed at investigation of species composition of fleas removed from small terrestrial mammals captured in rural, suburban, and urban types of habitat and molecular screening of the presence and diversity of rickettsia species in collected ectoparasites. in total, 279 fleas (siphonaptera) belonging to 9 species of 2 families, ceratophyllidae and hystrichopsyllidae, were collected from 115 (46%) out of 250 trapped small mammals of eight species (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicoll ...202032366189
of city and village mice: behavioural adjustments of striped field mice to urban environments.a fundamental question of current ecological research concerns the drives and limits of species responses to human-induced rapid environmental change (hirec). behavioural responses to hirec are a key component because behaviour links individual responses to population and community changes. ongoing fast urbanization provides an ideal setting to test the functional role of behaviour for responses to hirec. consistent behavioural differences between conspecifics (animal personality) may be importa ...202032747632
on the doorstep, rodents in homesteads and kitchen gardens.scarcely investigated in terms of small mammals, kitchen gardens and homesteads form a subset of environments. using results of snap trapping, we present the first data on small mammal species diversity, gender and age structure, relative abundance, body fitness, and reproduction parameters in these commensal habitats (kitchen gardens, homestead gardens, houses, and outbuildings). we expected that (i) house mice should be the dominant species in buildings, while striped field mice should be domi ...202032429138
morphological and molecular characterization of toxocara apodemi (nematoda: ascarididae) from striped field mice, apodemus agrarius, in korea.adult ascarid worms from the field mice, apodemus agrarius, were observed with a light and scanning electron microscope, and molecularly analized with 18s rrna gene. in the scanning electron microscope, 3 prominent labia were present in the anterior end of male and female worms, but the interlabia and gubernaculum were absent. scanning electron micrographs showed cervical alae as vestigial organs that looked like a slightly uplifted superficial sewing stitch. total 6 pairs of post-cloacal papill ...202032871634
cocirculation of two orthohantavirus species in small mammals of the northwestern ukraine.rodent-borne hantaviruses have been reported in many of the countries surrounding ukraine; however, to date we have no knowledge of the viral strains circulating in ukraine within reservoirs such as the striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius), the yellow-necked field mouse (apodemus flavicollis), and the bank vole (myodes glareolus). to determine the prevalence of hantaviruses in ukraine, we captured 1,261 mammals, of which 1,109 were rodents, in 58 field sites within the province of volyn in we ...202031917639
complex spatial patterns delay the discovery and location of food by rodents.spatial patterns in heterogeneity are generally deemed a central causal factor influencing the physiology and behavior of animals in ecological systems. however, knowledge remains limited about how such patterns influence food discovery by animals. we inferred that spatial heterogeneity plays a key role in animal food discovery and location. to prove this inference, we tested food locating parameters by 2 rodent species, apodemus agrarius and lasiopodomys brandtii, in different heterogeneous env ...202031912943
surveillance of chigger mite vectors for tsutsugamushi disease in the hwaseong area, gyeonggi-do, republic of korea, 2015.owing to global climate change, the global resurgence of vector-borne infectious diseases and their potential to inflict widespread casualties among human populations has emerged as a pivotal burden on public health systems. tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus) in the republic of korea is steadily increasing and was designated as a legal communicable disease in 1994. the disease is a mite-borne acute febrile disease most commonly contracted from october to december. in this study, we tried to de ...202032615743
molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of orthohantaviruses in small mammals in western poland.orthohantaviruses are negative-sense, single-stranded rna viruses harbored by multiple small mammals. dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) and puumala virus (puuv) cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in europe. in poland, serological surveys have demonstrated antibodies against dobv and puuv in patients with hfrs. molecular evidence of dobv and puuv has been found in apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus, respectively, in southeastern poland, and seewis virus (swsv) has been reported ...202032314690
hepatic effects of low-dose rate radiation in natural mouse populations (apodemus uralensis and apodemus agrarius): comparative interspecific analysis.hypothesis: natural mouse populations in radioactive contamination zone provide adequate information about dose loads and biological effects for 'non-human biota'. the comparative analysis of the responses of different species of mice allows us to reveal the possible variation in the effects of low-dose rate radiation relative to the ecological-physiological and functional-metabolic features of the species.materials and methods: objects of study - two sympatric rodent species [pygmy wood mouse ( ...202032412327
locomotor activity in field captured crepuscular four-striped field mice, rhabdomys dilectus and nocturnal namaqua rock mice, micaelamys namaquensis during a simulated heat wave.activity of animals is influenced by ambient temperature and increasing temperatures brought about by climate change may impose a heat stress risk. previous studies investigating the effect of heat waves on activity usually measure animals at different, but constant temperatures, however, rarely are they studied under a natural temperature cycle. general activity, behavioural flexibility and frequency of water drinking counts during a normal day, hot day and a simulated heat wave temperature cyc ...202032001021
multiplex pcr-based nanopore sequencing and epidemiological surveillance of hantaan orthohantavirus in apodemus agrarius, republic of korea.whole-genome sequencing of infectious agents enables the identification and characterization of emerging viruses. the minion device is a portable sequencer that allows real-time sequencing in fields or hospitals. hantaan orthohantavirus (hantaan virus, htnv), harbored by apodemus agrarius, causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and poses a critical public health threat worldwide. in this study, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using nanopore sequencing for whole-genome sequen ...202134066592
a novel genotype of hantaan orthohantavirus harbored by apodemus agrarius chejuensis as a potential etiologic agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in republic of korea.orthohantaviruses, causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, pose a significant public health threat worldwide. despite the significant mortality and morbidity, effective antiviral therapeutics for orthohantavirus infections are currently unavailable. this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of hfrs-associated orthohantaviruses and identify the etiological agent of orthohantavirus outbreaks in southern republic of korea (rok).202133979351
zoonotic pathogen screening of striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) from austria.the striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius) is known to carry several zoonotic pathogens, including leptospira spp. and dobrava-belgrade orthohantavirus (dobv). since its first detection in 1996 in south-east austria, the striped field mouse has further expanded its range in austria. here, we screened 35 striped field mice collected in an austrian region near the hungarian border for dobv, leptospira spp. and seven vector-borne pathogens. hantavirus rt-pcr screening and dobv igg elisa analysis l ...202133534959
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