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No measurable adverse effects of Lassa, Morogoro and Gairo arenaviruses on their rodent reservoir host in natural conditions

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background In order to optimize net transmission success, parasites are hypothesized to evolve towards causing minimal damage to their reservoir host while obtaining high shedding rates. For many parasite species however this paradigm has not been tested,
Joachim Mariën, Benny Borremans, Sophie Gryseels, Barré Soropogui, Luc De Bruyn, Gédéon Ngiala Bongo, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq, Stephan Günther, N’Faly Magassouba, Herwig Leirs, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +11 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

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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Detection of Lassa virus in wild rodent feces: Implications for Lassa fever burden within households in the endemic region of Faranah, Guinea

One Health, 2021
Lassa arenavirus (LASV) is the cause of Lassa Fever in humans in West Africa. The multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is a reservoir host of LASV and the primary source of human infections.
Rebekah Wood, Umaru Bangura, Joachim Mariën, Moussa Douno, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +4 more
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Widespread arenavirus occurrence and seroprevalence in small mammals, Nigeria

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Lassa fever, killing thousands of people annually, is the most reported viral zoonotic disease in Nigeria. Recently, different rodent species carrying diverse lineages of the Lassa virus (LASV) in addition to a novel Mobala-like genetic ...
Ayodeji Olayemi, Akinlabi Oyeyiola, Adeoba Obadare, Joseph Igbokwe, Adetunji Samuel Adesina, Francis Onwe, Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja, Nnennaya Anthony Ajayi, Toni Rieger, Stephan Günther, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +10 more
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Description of a new species of Heligmonina Baylis, 1928 (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) a parasite of Mastomys natalensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from Swaziland and new data on the synlophe of Heligmonina chabaudi (Desset, 1966)

Parasite, 2007
A new species of heligmosomoid nematode belonging to the subfamily Nippostrongylinae Durette-Desset, 1970 is described: Heligmonina wakelini n. sp., a parasite from the small intestine of the commensal rodent Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) from ...
Durette-Desset M.C., Digiani M.C., Mahlaba T., Behnke J.M.   +3 more
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Lassa Virus Circulation in Small Mammal Populations in Bo District, Sierra Leone

Biology, 2021
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus LASV, which was first isolated in the rodent Mastomys natalensis in 1974 in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Umaru Bangura, Jacob Buanie, Joyce Lamin, Christopher Davis, Gédéon Ngiala Bongo, Michael Dawson, Rashid Ansumana, Dianah Sondufu, Emma C. Thomson, Foday Sahr, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +10 more
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Mastomys natalensis

, 1993
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Musser, Guy G., Carleton, Michael D.
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O Mastomys natalensis como modelo alternativo nos estudos da esquistossomose mansoni experimental

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1984
Foram estudados aspectos da infecção e da imunidade experimentais em um roedor — o Mastomys natalensis — inoculado com a cepa LE (Belo Horizonte) do Schistosoma mansoni, comparando os resultados com os do camundongo albino, animal tido como melhor modelo
Carlos Alberto Moreira Campos, Rubens Campos, Leógenes Horácio Pereira   +2 more
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Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by an arenavirus. The disease is endemic in West African countries, including Guinea. The rodents Mastomys natalensis and Mastomys erythroleucus have been identified as Lassa virus reservoirs in Guinea. In
Almudena Mari Saez, Mory Cherif Haidara, Amara Camara, Fodé Kourouma, Mickaël Sage, N'Faly Magassouba, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +6 more
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Novel Arenavirus, Zambia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
To investigate arenavirus in Zambia, we characterized virus from the kidneys of 5 arenavirus RNA–positive rodents (Mastomys natalensis) among 263 captured.
Akihiro Ishii, Yuka Thomas, Ladslav Moonga, Ichiro Nakamura, Aiko Ohnuma, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Ayato Takada, Aaron S. Mweene, Hirofumi Sawa   +8 more
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