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Impact of great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) on desert plant communities [PDF]

Journal of Arid Land, 2015
Great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) colonies, with bare soil and herbaceous plants, are conspicuous to the background environment throughout their range area. In order to quantify the engineer role of great gerbils, we investigated the plant communities of 20 active colonies in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China.
Wenxuan Xu, Wei Liu, Weikang Yang, Muyang Wang, Feng Xu, David A. Blank   +5 more
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Transmission efficiency of the plague pathogen (Y. pestis) by the flea, Xenopsylla skrjabini, to mice and great gerbils [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Plague, a zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis, is characterized by its ability to persist in the plague natural foci. Junggar Basin plague focus was recently identified in China, with Rhombomys opimus (great gerbils) and Xenopsylla skrjabini as the main reservoir and vector for plague. No transmission efficiency data of X.
Yújiāng Zhāng, Xiang Dai, Qiguo Wang, Hongjian Chen, Weiwei Meng, Kemei Wu, Tāo Luò, Xinhui Wang, Azhati Rehemu, Rong Guo, Xiaotao Yu, Ruifu Yang, Hanli Cao, Yajun Song   +13 more
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Spatial distribution patterns of plague hosts: point pattern analysis of the burrows of great gerbils in Kazakhstan [PDF]

Journal of Biogeography, 2015
AbstractAimThe spatial structure of a population can strongly influence the dynamics of infectious diseases, yet rarely is the underlying structure quantified. A case in point is plague, an infectious zoonotic disease caused by the bacteriumYersinia pestis.
Liesbeth Wilschut, Anne Laudisoit, Nelika K. Hughes, Elisabeth A. Addink, S.M. de Jong, Hans Heesterbeek, Jonas Reijniers, Sally Eagle, V. M. Dubyanskiy, Michael Begon   +9 more
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Statistical analysis of the dynamics of antibody loss to a disease-causing agent: plague in natural populations of great gerbils as an example [PDF]

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2006
We propose a new stochastic framework for analysing the dynamics of the immunity response of wildlife hosts against a disease-causing agent. Our study is motivated by the need to analyse the monitoring time-series data covering the period from 1975 to 1995 on bacteriological and serological tests—samples from great gerbils being the main ...
Siyun Park, Kung‐Sik Chan, Hildegunn Viljugrein, L. Nekrassova, Bakhtiyar Suleimenov, Vladimir S. Ageyev, Nikolay L. Klassovskiy, Sergey B. Pole, Nils Chr. Stenseth   +8 more
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Tacheng Tick Virus 1 and Songling Virus Infection in Great Gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in Northwestern China [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2023
Tacheng tick virus 1 (TcTV-1) and Songling virus (SGLV) were originally found in human patients in China who had had tick bites. Tamdy virus (TAMV) was detected for the first time in a tick-infested person from Kyrgyzstan in 1973. In this study, 276 great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) were collected in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern ...
Na Ji, Nan Wang, Gang Liu, Shanshan Zhao, Zhiqiang Liu, Wenbo Tan, Shi‐Yi Wang, Jinjiang Sheng, Fengshi Li, Yuanzhi Wang   +9 more
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Beetles (Coleoptera) from the burrows of the great gerbil Rhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Mammalia: Muridae) in the southern Turkmenistan

Трансформация экосистем, 2023
The study is the first attempt to generalize the data on the burrow biocenoses of the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein, 1823)) in the region of persistent plague epizootics in the lowland part of the Karakum Desert (Southern Turkmenistan ...
Alexey S. Sazhnev, Nikolay M. Ermakov, Evgeniy N. Kondratyev   +2 more
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Demarcation of the Boundaries of the Central Asian Desert Natural Focus of Plague of Kazakhstan and Monitoring the Areal of the Main Carrier, Rhombomys opimus

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2021
The aim of the study was to clarify the boundaries of the Central Asian natural plague focus of Kazakhstan and the modern boundaries of the areal of the great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) in order to improve epizootiological monitoring and increase the ...
Z. Zh. Abdel, T. K. Erubaev, G. Zh. Tokmurzieva, B. K. Aimakhanov, Zh. S. Dalibaev, R. S. Musagalieva, Z. B. Zhumadilova, V. G. Meka-Mechenko, T. V. Meka-Mechenko, A. M. Matzhanova, A. A. Abdrasilova, S. K. Umarova, A. K. Rysbekova, D. T. Esimseit, B. Z. Abdeliev, K. K. Konyratbaev, B. G. Iskakov, D. G. Bely, M. K. Eskermesov, M. V. Kulemin, Zh. S. Askar, T. E. Kaldybaev, R. K. Mukhtarov, S. B. Davletov, V. V. Sutyagin, I. A. Lezdin’sh   +25 more
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Field evaluation of a 0.005% fipronil bait, orally administered to Rhombomys opimus, for control of fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) and phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Plague (Yersinia pestis) and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania major) are two rodent-associated diseases which are vectored by fleas and phlebotomine sand flies, respectively.
David M Poché, Zaria Torres-Poché, Aidyn Yeszhanov, Richard M Poché, Alexander Belyaev, Vit Dvořák, Zaure Sayakova, Larisa Polyakova, Batirbek Aimakhanov   +8 more
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ITS2-rDNA fragments of Leishmania species isolated from the great gerbil in Iran, 2021

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2023
Background: The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), is widely distributed in Asia and is a natural reservoir for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in many endemic areas, as well as Iran.
Maryam Shirazian, Niloofar Taghipour, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Seyyed Javad Seyyed Tabaei, Nariman Mosaffa, Mohammad Reza Abaei, Ali Reza Akrami, Vahideh Moin vaziri   +7 more
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Migration of the Eastern Imperial Eagle and Steppe Eagle in Turkmenistan

Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023
A dedicated analysis of spring and fall migration of the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) and Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in Turkmenistan has never been conducted before.
Eldar A. Rustamov, Khodzhamurad I. Khodzhamuradov, Atamyrat S. Veyisov   +2 more
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