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Mastomys Species as Model Systems for Infectious Diseases

Viruses, 2019
Replacements of animal models by advanced in vitro systems in biomedical research, despite exceptions, are currently still not satisfactory in reproducing the whole complexity of pathophysiological mechanisms that finally lead to disease.
Daniel Hasche, Frank Rösl
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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

Cogent Food and 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.
Joachim Marien, Loth Mulungu, Rhodes H Makundi   +2 more
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Detection of Lassa Virus-Reactive IgG Antibodies in Wild Rodents: Validation of a Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunological Assay

Viruses, 2022
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of LASV-reactive IgG antibodies in Mastomys rodents.
Hugo Soubrier, Umaru Bangura, Chris Hoffmann, Ayodeji Olayemi, Adetunji Samuel Adesina, Stephan Günther, Lisa Oestereich, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +7 more
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Molecular characterization of pneumococcal isolates from pets and laboratory animals. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Between 1986 and 2008 Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from 41 pets/zoo animals (guinea pigs (n = 17), cats (n = 12), horses (n = 4), dogs (n = 3), dolphins (n = 2), rat (n = 2), gorilla (n = 1)) treated in medical veterinary ...
Mark van der Linden, Adnan Al-Lahham, Werner Nicklas, Ralf René Reinert   +3 more
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Host competence of the African rodents Arvicanthis neumanni, A. niloticus and Mastomys natalensis for Leishmania donovani from Ethiopia and L. (Mundinia) sp. from Ghana

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani is regarded as mostly anthroponotic, but a role for animal reservoir hosts in transmission has been suggested in East Africa.
Jovana Sadlova, Barbora Vojtkova, Tomas Becvar, Tereza Lestinova, Tatiana Spitzova, Paul Bates, Petr Volf   +6 more
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Special Issue “Arenaviruses 2020”

Viruses, 2021
Rodent-borne arenaviruses have been traditionally predominantly associated with certain muroid species from Mastomys/Praomys genera (African arenaviruses) or with species that belong to murid subfamily Cricetidae (New World arenaviruses) [...]
Igor S. Lukashevich, Juan Carlos de la Torre   +1 more
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Comparison of rodent community between natural and modified habitats in Kafta-Sheraro National Park and its adjoining villages, Ethiopia: implication for conservation

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2019
Background Distribution and diversity of rodents vary across habitats due to different environmental factors. An ecological comparative study on diversity and abundance of rodents was conducted in Kafta-Sheraro National Park and its nearby villages from ...
Alembrhan Assefa, Srinivasulu Chelmala
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Establishment of an Immortalized Skin Keratinocyte Cell Line Derived from the Animal Model Mastomys coucha. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
In the present report we describe the establishment of a spontaneous immortalized skin keratinocyte cell line derived from the skin of the multimammate rodent Mastomys coucha.
Daniel Hasche, Sonja Stephan, Larissa Savelyeva, Frank Westermann, Frank Rösl, Sabrina E Vinzón   +5 more
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Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bartonella mastomydis sp. nov.

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Bartonella mastomydis sp. nov. strain 008 is the type strain of B. mastomydis sp. nov., a new species within the genus Bartonella. This strain was isolated from Mastomys erythroleucus rodents trapped in the Sine-Saloum region of Senegal. Here we describe
M. Dahmani, G. Diatta, N. Labas, A. Diop, H. Bassene, D. Raoult, L. Granjon, F. Fenollar, O. Mediannikov   +8 more
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Host competence of African rodents Arvicanthis neumanni, A. niloticus and Mastomys natalensis for Leishmania major

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019
Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major is a typical zoonosis circulating in rodents. In Sub-Saharan Africa the reservoirs remain to be identified, although L.
Jovana Sadlova, Barbora Vojtkova, Katerina Hrncirova, Tereza Lestinova, Tatiana Spitzova, Tomas Becvar, Jan Votypka, Paul Bates, Petr Volf   +8 more
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