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Lassa fever in West African sub-region: an overview [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2007
Lassa fever is an acute viral zoonotic illness caused by Lassa virus, an arenavirus known to beresponsible for a severe haemorrhagic fever characterised by fever, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea,vomiting and, chest and abdominal pain.
O. Ogbu, E. Ajuluchukwu, C.J. Uneke
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Immunogenetics, sylvatic plague and its vectors: insights from the pathogen reservoir Mastomys natalensis in Tanzania. [PDF]

Immunogenetics, 2023
Haikukutu L, Lyaku JR, Lyimo CM, Eiseb SJ, Makundi RH, Olayemi A, Wilhelm K, Müller-Klein N, Schmid DW, Fleischer R, Sommer S.   +10 more
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Reproduction and population dynamics of Mastomys natalensis Smith, 1834 in an agricultural landscape in the Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

, 2007
Reproductive Zoology 2007; 2: 233-2338The multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis Smith 1834, is a dominant species in agro-ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa, but adapts quickly to changes in non-agricultural landscape, particularly woodlands and forests.
Makundi, Rhodes H., Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, Apia W.   +2 more
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Prevalence of Lassa virus among rodents trapped in three South-South States of Nigeria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2017
Background & objectives: Lassa fever has been endemic in Nigeria since 1969. The rodent Mastomys natalensis has been widely claimed to be the reservoir host of the Lassa virus.
D E Agbonlahor, A Erah, I M Agba, F E Oviasogie, A F Ehiaghe, M Wankasi, O A Eremwanarue, I J Ehiaghe, E C Ogbu, R I Iyen, S Abbey, M Y Tatfeng, J Uhunmwangho   +12 more
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Isolation and genome sequencing of cytomegaloviruses from Natal multimammate mice (<i>Mastomys natalensis</i>). [PDF]

J Gen Virol, 2023
Hansen F, Vučak M, Nichols J, Hughes J, Bane S, Camiolo S, da Silva Filipe A, Ostermann E, Staliunaite L, Chan B, Mauch T, Sogoba N, Streblow DN, Voigt S, Oestereich L, Ehlers B, Redwood AJ, Feldmann H, Brune W, Rosenke K, Jarvis MA, Davison AJ.   +21 more
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Twenty-nine years of continuous monthly capture-mark-recapture data of multimammate mice (Mastomys natalensis) in Morogoro, Tanzania. [PDF]

Sci Data, 2023
Leirs H, Kirkpatrick L, Sluydts V, Sabuni C, Borremans B, Katakweba A, Massawe A, Makundi R, Mulungu L, Machang'u R, Mariën J.   +10 more
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Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mastomys natalensis and Potential Transmission in Buruli ulcer Endemic Areas in Côte d'Ivoire

, 2015
Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mastomys natalensis and Potential Transmission in Buruli ulcer Endemic Areas in Côte d ...
Bertin Akpatou (21992234), Charles Narh (15902474), Joseph A Djman (21992240), Bassirou Bonfoh (424496), Danièle O Konan (21992237), Lydia Mosi (549898), Charles Quaye (272214), Christelle Dassi (685481)   +7 more
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Do farming practices influence population dynamics of rodents? A case study of the multimammate field rats, Mastomys natalensis, in Tanzania

, 2006
A capture-mark-recapture study was conducted in crop fields in Morogoro, Tanzania, to investigate how the population dynamics of multimammate field rats, Mastomys natalensis, was influenced by the commonly practised land preparation methods and ...
Makundi, Rhodes H., Leirs, H, Rwamugira, W, Mulungu, Loth S., Massawe, A. W.   +4 more
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Temporal analysis of Lassa virus infection and transmission in experimentally infected Mastomys natalensis. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus, 2022
Safronetz D, Rosenke K, Meade-White K, Sloan A, Maiga O, Bane S, Martellaro C, Scott DP, Sogoba N, Feldmann H.   +9 more
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Population genetic structure of two ecologically distinct multimammate rats : the commensal Mastomys natalensis and the wild Mastomys erythroleucus in southeastern Senegal

, 2007
Using the same set of microsatellite markers, we compared the population genetic structure of two Mastomys species, one being exclusively commensal in southeastern Senegal, and the other being continuously distributed outside villages in this region ...
Loiseau, A., Brouat, Carine, Kane, Mamadou, Bâ, Khalilou, Duplantier, Jean-Marc   +4 more
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