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BMC Immunology, 2004 Background Human infections with Sin Nombre virus (SNV) and related New World hantaviruses often lead to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), a sometimes fatal illness.
Farrell Regina M +5 more
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Persistent effects of pair bonding in lung cancer cell growth in monogamous Peromyscus californicus
eLife, 2021 Epidemiological evidence suggests that social interactions and especially bonding between couples influence tumorigenesis, yet whether this is due to lifestyle changes, homogamy (likelihood of individuals to marry people of similar health), or directly ...
Asieh Naderi +5 more
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Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]
, 2016 Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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Restored and Natural Wetland Small Mammal Communities in West Virginia, USA
Land, 2022 Wetland restoration is a common practice, and, in many cases, it is for mitigation to offset losses of natural wetlands due to human interference. Researchers commonly compare bird, amphibian, and reptile communities between these wetlands and natural ...
Krista L. Noe +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 We hypothesized that the ongoing naturalization of frost/shade tolerant Asian bamboos in North America could cause environmental consequences involving introduced bamboos, native rodents and ultimately humans.
Melissa C Smith +2 more
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Viruses, 2013 Hantaviruses are widespread emergent zoonotic agents that cause unapparent or limited disease in their rodent hosts, yet cause acute, often fatal pulmonary or renal infections in humans.
James N. Mills +3 more
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Sin nombre virus and rodent species diversity: a test of the dilution and amplification hypotheses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Species diversity is proposed to greatly impact the prevalence of pathogens. Two predominant hypotheses, the "Dilution Effect" and the "Amplification Effect", predict divergent outcomes with respect to the impact of species diversity.
Christine A Clay +3 more
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On the biological and genetic diversity in Neospora caninum [PDF]
, 2010 Published: 22 March 2010Neospora caninum is a parasite regarded a major cause of foetal loss in cattle. A key requirement to an understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenicity of N.
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The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Deer antlers are the only mammalian appendage capable of regeneration. We aimed to investigate the effect of red deer antler extract in regulating hair growth, using a mouse model. The backs of male mice were shaved at eight weeks of age.
Jing-jie Li +5 more
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Epidemiology and fitness effects of wood mouse herpesvirus in a natural host population [PDF]
, 2012 Rodent gammaherpesviruses have become important models for understanding human herpesvirus diseases. In particular, interactions between murid herpesvirus 4 and Mus musculus (a non-natural host species) have been extensively studied under controlled ...
Amy B. Pedersen +12 more
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