| molecular evidence and diversity of the spotted-fever group rickettsia spp. in small mammals from natural, suburban and urban areas of eastern slovakia. | rickettsiae of the spotted fever group are considered as emerging pathogens; ticks, fleas and mites are known to be their vectors. however, the prevalence and species diversity of rickettsiae in small mammals and the role of these hosts in the circulation of bacteria are much less studied. during 2014-2016, a total of 250 small mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus uralensis, myodes glareolus, crocidura leucodon, crocidura suaveolens, micromys minutus, microtus arvalis, micr ... | 2018 | 30207272 |
| 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 ... | 2020 | 32723657 |
| small terrestrial mammals of albania: distribution and diversity (mammalia, eulipotyphla, rodentia). | in this paper new records are reported for 23 species of small terrestrial mammals (stm) of albania collected during the field work campaigns organised in the framework of the project "strengthening capacity in national nature protection - preparation for natura 2000 network" (natural) in albania during the summer and autumn of 2016 and 2017 data on small mammals were primarily collected through sherman live-trapping campaigns in six high priority protected areas of albania: korab-koritnik, bred ... | 2018 | 29670434 |
| molecular evidence of pleistocene bidirectional faunal exchange between europe and the near east: the case of the bicoloured shrew (crocidura leucodon, soricidae). | we sequenced 1077 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and 511 bp of the nuclear apolipoprotein b gene in bicoloured shrew (crocidura leucodon, soricidae) populations ranging from france to georgia. the aims of the study were to identify the main genetic clades within this species and the influence of pleistocene climatic variations on the respective clades. the mitochondrial analyses revealed a european clade distributed from france eastwards to north-western turkey and a near east clade d ... | 2007 | 17714297 |
| infections of horses and shrews with bornaviruses in upper austria: a novel endemic area of borna disease. | borna disease, a lethal infection with borna disease virus-1 (bodv-1), was diagnosed in four horses from upper austria in 2015 and 2016. all cases occurred in winter (two cases in february 2015 and two cases in december 2016), and the maximal distance of the affected stables was 17 km. to demonstrate whether the causative agent was also harbored by its reservoir host, the bicolored white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon), 28 shrews from this geographic area were collected in 2015 and investigat ... | 2017 | 28634359 |
| 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 ... | 2020 | 32366189 |
| [occurrence and number of lice polyplax reclinata (nitzsch, 1864) in the crocidura leucodon (hermann, 1780) population from putawy (hermann, 1780)]. | | 1980 | 7424014 |
| [arthropods (siphonaptera, anoplura, acari) occurring in poland on crocidura leucodon (hermann, 1780) (mammalia, insectivora)]. | | 1987 | 3687019 |
| bicolored white-toothed shrews as reservoir for borna disease virus, bavaria, germany. | | 2013 | 24274262 |
| landscape features and reservoir occurrence affecting the risk for equine infection with borna disease virus. | borna disease (bd) is a severe endemic and fatal disorder caused by the neurotropic borna disease virus (bdv) which mainly occurs in horses and sheep. borna disease virus belongs to the order mononegavirales, which includes many reservoir-bound viruses with high zoonotic and pathogenic properties including the filoviruses and lyssaviruses. clinically manifest bd occurs in endemic areas of germany, switzerland, liechtenstein, and austria. a seasonal accumulation of cases in spring and summer, inc ... | 2013 | 24502713 |
| the bicolored white-toothed shrew crocidura leucodon (hermann 1780) is an indigenous host of mammalian borna disease virus. | borna disease (bd) is a sporadic neurologic disease of horses and sheep caused by mammalian borna disease virus (bdv). its unique epidemiological features include: limited occurrence in certain endemic regions of central europe, yearly varying disease peaks, and a seasonal pattern with higher disease frequencies in spring and a disease nadir in autumn. it is most probably not directly transmitted between horses and sheep. all these features led to the assumption that an indigenous virus reservoi ... | 2014 | 24699636 |
| low prevalence of borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1) igg antibodies in humans from areas endemic for animal borna disease of southern germany. | borna disease virus-1 (bodv-1) was recently discovered as cause of severe and often fatal encephalitis in humans. bodv-1 is known to cause neurological disease in horses and sheep mainly in south and central germany. the virus is maintained in bicolored white-toothed shrews (crocidura leucodon). the incidence of infection and risk factors in humans are completely unresolved. veterinarians may be disproportionally bodv-1-exposed through contact to animals not recognized to be bodv-1 infected. we ... | 2019 | 31882942 |
| borna disease outbreak with high mortality in an alpaca herd in a previously unreported endemic area in germany. | borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1) is the causative agent of borna disease, an often fatal neurologic condition of domestic mammals, including new world camelids, in endemic areas in central europe. recently, bodv-1 gained further attention by the confirmation of fatal zoonotic infections in humans. although borna disease and bodv-1 have been described already over the past decades, comprehensive reports of borna disease outbreaks in domestic animals employing state-of-the-art diagnostic methods are ... | 2020 | 32223069 |
| distribution of borna disease virus antigen and rna in tissues of naturally infected bicolored white-toothed shrews, crocidura leucodon, supporting their role as reservoir host species. | borna disease is a severe viral-induced disorder of the central nervous system of horses, sheep, and a few other animal species, occurring in certain areas of central europe. pathogenesis and epidemiology of natural borna disease virus (bdv) infections are still not fully understood; several unique epidemiologic features, however, point toward the existence of bdv reservoir populations other than the final hosts. in this study, 69 mice and 12 shrews were trapped and examined. the virus distribut ... | 2010 | 20133953 |
| shrews as reservoir hosts of borna disease virus. | borna disease virus (bdv) is the causative agent of severe t-cell-mediated meningoencephalitis in horses, sheep, and other animal species in central europe. here we report the first unequivocal detection of a bdv reservoir species, the bicolored white-toothed shrew, crocidura leucodon, in an area in switzerland with endemic borna disease. | 2006 | 16704819 |
| [paracrenosoma kontrimavichusi n. sp. (nematoda: metrastongyloidea) from the lungs of crocidura leucodon hermann, 1780 and crocidura suaveolens pallas, 1811 in bulgaria (author's transl)]. | | 2006 | 742805 |
| shedding of infectious borna disease virus-1 in living bicolored white-toothed shrews. | many rna viruses arise from animal reservoirs, namely bats, rodents and insectivores but mechanisms of virus maintenance and transmission still need to be addressed. the bicolored white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon) has recently been identified as reservoir of the neurotropic borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1). | 2015 | 26313904 |
| the electrocardiogram of european shrews. | a recording method of electrocardiograms in resting animals is described. the electrocardiograms of crocidura russula, crocidura leucodon, crocidura suaveolens, neomys fodiens and sorex araneus are similar to those of other small mammals. t-wave directly follows the qrs-complex. the duration of electrocardiograms depends on heart mass and body temperature. heart rate shows no influence on the duration of electrocardiograms. | 2007 | 2870871 |
| borrelia spp. in small mammals in romania. | small mammals play an important role in the life-cycle of ticks and are reservoirs for several zoonotic pathogens. the aim of this study was to provide epidemiological data regarding the presence of borrelia spp. in tissues of small mammals from romania. | 2019 | 31551069 |
| predator feeding choice on conspicuous and non-conspicuous carabid beetles: first results. | insects use various types of behaviour, chemical defences, mimetic, aposematic or cryptic appearances as anti-predatory strategies. among insects, carabid beetles of the genus brachinus are distasteful prey because they discharge an irritating "cloud" of quinones when threatened. these beetles live in aggregations and adopt warning (conspicuous pattern) colours and chemicals to create a template that is easily learnt by predators. another carabid beetle, anchomenus dorsalis, mimics the colours a ... | 2011 | 21738410 |
| some corrections in haemogregarine (apicomplexa: protozoa) nomenclature. | the nomenclature of three genera in the family haemogregarinidae (haemogregarina, karyolysus, and hepatozoon) has been reviewed and the following new names are introduced to replace homonyms or for previously unnamed species: haemogregarina carlosi n. nom., in the erythrocytes of the lizard lacerta ocellata; haemogregarina tincae n. nom., in the stomach and intestine of the tench tinca tinca; hepatozoon insectivorae n. sp., in the leucocytes of the shrews sorex araneus and crocidura leucodon; he ... | 1982 | 6757414 |
| new world camelids are sentinels for the presence of borna disease virus. | borna disease (bd), a frequently fatal neurologic disorder caused by borna disease virus 1 (bodv-1), has been observed for decades in horses, sheep, and other mammals in certain regions of europe. the bicoloured white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon) was identified as a persistently infected species involved in virus transmission. recently, bodv-1 attracted attention as a cause of fatal encephalitis in humans. here, we report investigations on bodv-1-infected llamas from a farm in a bd endemic ... | 2021 | 33501762 |
| parasitic infections of bicoloured white-toothed shrew (crocidura leucodon) from dasht-e-razan, western iran. | the prevalence and intensity of endo and ectoparasites in shrews inhabiting in the dasht-e razan of hamedan province, iran, were determined in this study. | 2017 | 28761469 |
| geographical distribution of ljungan virus in small mammals in europe. | ljungan virus (lv), which belongs to the parechovirus genus in the picornaviridae family, was first isolated from bank voles (myodes glareolus) in sweden in 1998 and proposed as a zoonotic agent. to improve knowledge of the host association and geographical distribution of lv, tissues from 1685 animals belonging to multiple rodent and insectivore species from 12 european countries were screened for lv-rna using reverse transcriptase (rt)-pcr. in addition, we investigated how the prevalence of lv ... | 2020 | 32487013 |