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Host and habitat shape ectoparasite diversity on Mastomys natalensis and Mastomys coucha (Muridae) [PDF]

Parasitology
Mastomys natalensis and M. coucha are commensal rodent species endemic to Africa. A recent taxonomic revision within Mastomys leaves the parasite–host list of M. natalensis questionable and that of M. coucha incomplete. The current study aimed to develop
Alyssa J. Little, Conrad A. Matthee, Eddie A. Ueckermann, Ivan G. Horak, Cang Hui, Sonja Matthee   +5 more
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Dose-Dependent Prophylactic Efficacy of Filarial Antigens Glutathione-S-Transferase and Abundant Larval Transcript-2 against Brugia malayi Challenge in Mastomys [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Objective. To identify the most effective dose of filarial rBmALT-2 and rWbGST alone or in combination against B. malayi infection in vitro and in vivo. Methods. Mastomys (n = 5–7/group) received intramuscular (i.m.) injection with three different doses (
Mohini Rambhau Nakhale, Priyanka Bhoj, Namdev Togre, Vishal Khatri, Lalit Batra, Udaikumar Padigel, Kalyan Goswami   +6 more
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A novel hybrid model for species distribution prediction using probabilistic random forest, principal component analysis and genetic algorithm. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Probabilistic Random Forest is an extension of the traditional Random Forest machine learning algorithm that is one of the frequently used machine learning algorithms employed for species distribution modeling.
Taiwo A Adekunle, Ibrahim K Ogundoyin, Caleb O Akanbi   +2 more
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Relationships between seasonal changes in diet of Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) and its breeding patterns in semi-arid areas in Tanzania [PDF]

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2018
The diet and breeding patterns of Mastomys natalensis in semi-arid areas of Isimani division, Iringa region, Tanzania were investigated in maize fields and fallow land.
Emmanuel C. M. Mlyashimbi, Joachim Mariën, Didas N. Kimaro, Akwilin J. P. Tarimo, Moses Isabirye, Rhodes H. Makundi, Apia W. Massawe, Mashaka E. Mdangi, David Kifumba, Alice Nakiyemba, Herwig Leirs, Steven R. Belmain, Loth S. Mulungu   +12 more
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Diversity of Leptospira Species and Their Rodent Reservoirs in the Guinean Forest [PDF]

Microorganisms
Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis caused by pathogenic species from the genus Leptospira. Infection mostly occurs through indirect contact with environmental water contaminated with the urine of reservoir animals.
Siba Pricemou, Barré Soropogui, Fanta Bérété, Michel Bossou Beavogui, Aboubacar Samoura, Mathieu Picardeau, Pascale Bourhy, Noël Tordo, Solène Grayo   +8 more
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Genome Sequencing of Historical Encephalomyocarditis Viruses from South Africa Links the Historical 1993/4 Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Outbreak to Cryptic Mastomys Rodents [PDF]

Pathogens
From 1993 to 1994, 64 free-ranging elephants (Loxodonta africana) succumbed to encephalomyocarditis in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, of which 83% were adult bulls.
Vanessa van Meer, Janusz T. Pawęska, Robert Swanepoel, Antoinette Grobbelaar, Armanda D. Bastos   +4 more
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Serological Evidence of Lassa Virus Exposure in Non-Mastomys Small Mammals Within a Hyperendemic Region of North-Central Nigeria: A Pilot Study [PDF]

Viruses
Lassa fever (LF), a severe hemorrhagic disease endemic to West Africa, is primarily transmitted by rodents of the genus Mastomys, particularly Mastomys natalensis, which serve as the main reservoirs of Lassa virus (LASV).
Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Temidayo Oluwatosin Omotehinwa, Joseph Anejo-Okopi, Sara El Yaagoubi, Oladapo Sunday Shittu, Onyemocho Audu, Evangeline Olohi Abah, Samuel Ijoganu, Genesis Kwaghgande, Celina Aju-Ameh, Adesanya Abimbola, Emmanuel Otache, Emmanuel Ameh, Joyce Danyi, Owoicho Ikwu, Esther Agmdalo Malachi Cegbeyi, Oludare Oladipo Agboola, Joseph Okoeguale, Reuben Agbons Eifediyi, Ediga Bede Agbo, John Alechenu Idoko, Innocent Otoboh Achanya Ujah, Stephen Obekpa Abah   +22 more
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MHC-I alleles mediate clearance and antibody response to the zoonotic Lassa virus in Mastomys rodent reservoirs. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
West African Mastomys rodents are the primary reservoir of the zoonotic Lassa virus (LASV). The virus causes haemorrhagic Lassa fever and considerable mortality in humans. To date, the role of Mastomys immunogenetics in resistance to, and persistence of,
Ayodeji Olayemi, Dominik Werner Schmid, Ramona Fleischer, Kerstin Wilhelm, Alexander Christoph Heni, Nadine Mueller-Klein, Lavinia Haikukutu, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Stephan Günther, Simone Sommer   +9 more
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Bacterial blood microbiome of Mastomys rodents: implications for disease spill-over at the animal-human interface within the Bushbuckridge-East community, South Africa [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
The Bushbuckridge-East community in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa is bordered by nature reserves, including the Manyeleti Game Reserve. Murid rodents are prevalent in both Manyeleti and communal rangelands adjoining the community households. Although
Agatha O. Kolo, Agatha O. Kolo, Kelly A. Brayton, Kelly A. Brayton, Nicola E. Collins, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Sonja Matthee, Cory A. Gall, Jeanette Wentzel, Jeanette Wentzel, Luis Neves, Luis Neves, Marinda C. Oosthuizen   +14 more
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Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Fever, West Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
PCR screening of 1,482 murid rodents from 13 genera caught in 18 different localities of Guinea, West Africa, showed Lassa virus infection only in molecularly typed Mastomys natalensis.
Emilie Lecompte, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Stéphane Daffis, Kékoura Koulémou, Oumar Sylla, Fodé Kourouma, Amadou Doré, Barré Soropogui, Vladimir Aniskin, Bernard K. Allali, Stéphane Kouassi Kan, Aude Lalis, Lamine Koivogui, Stephan Günther, Christiane Denys, Jan ter Meulen   +15 more
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