| first detection of mycobacteria in african rodents and insectivores, using stratified pool screening. | with the rising number of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/aids in developing countries, the control of mycobacteria is of growing importance. previous studies have shown that rodents and insectivores are carriers of mycobacteria. however, it is not clear how widespread mycobacteria are in these animals and what their role is in spreading them. therefore, the prevalence of mycobacteria in rodents and insectivores was studied in and around morogoro, tanzania. live rodents were tra ... | 2008 | 18065608 |
| detection of novel orthoreovirus genomes in shrew (crocidura hirta) and fruit bat (rousettus aegyptiacus). | orthoreoviruses have been indentified in several mammals, however, there is no information about orthoreoviruses in shrews. in this study, we screened wild animals in zambia, including shrews, rodents, and bats for the detection of orthoreoviruses. two orthoreovirus rna genomes were detected from a shrew intestinal-contents (1/24) and a bat colon (1/96) sample by reverse-transcription (rt)-pcr targeting the rna-dependent rna polymerase gene of orthoreoviruses. phylogenetic analyses revealed that ... | 2020 | 31866632 |