| new species and new records of mites of the family myocoptidae (acariformes: sarcoptoidea) from african rodents. | eleven species of myocoptid mites (acariformes: myocoptidae) are recorded from african rodents. among them, three species are described as new for science: myocoptes lophuromys sp. nov. from lophuromys woosnami thomas, 1906 (rodentia: muridae) from uganda, trichoecius hylomyscus sp. nov. from hylomyscus anselli bishop, 1979 (rodentia: muridae) from tanzania (type host and locality) and hylomyscus stella (thomas, 1911) from gabon, and trichoecius faini sp. nov. from hylomyscus arcimontanus carlto ... | 2016 | 27986872 |
| molecular detection and genetic characterization of novel rna viruses in wild and synanthropic rodents and shrews in kenya. | the majority of emerging and reemerging zoonotic viral pathogens are rna viruses. pathogen discovery programs of emerging infectious diseases (eids) in wildlife have implicated rodents and shrews as hosts of diverse human pathogens, such as hantaviruses, arenaviruses, paramyxoviruses, etc. despite these threats, little is known about the diversity of viruses circulating among rodents and shrews in kenya, meaning the risk of infectious disease outbreak from these small mammals could be oblivious. ... | 2019 | 31824465 |