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Host competence of African rodents Arvicanthis neumanni, A. niloticus and Mastomys natalensis for Leishmania major [PDF]

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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Efficiency of anthelmintic treatment and its effect on microparasite dynamics in wild Mastomys natalensis [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Co-infections between helminths and microparasites can modulate the host immune response and alter disease dynamics, with potential implications for public health. However, identifying causal relationships in natural populations is challenging due to the
Marre van de Ven, Bram Vanden Broecke, Alexis Ribas, Herwig Leirs, Christopher Sabuni, Joachim Mariën   +5 more
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Mastomys natalensis

, 1993
{"references": ["Skinner, J. D., and R. H. N. Smithers. 1990. The mammals of the southern African subregion. Second ed. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 771 pp.", "Leirs, H., W. Verheyen, M. Michiels, R. Verhagen, and J. Stuyck. 1989. The relation between rainfall and the breeding season of Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) in Morogoro,
Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
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Dynamic movement patterns of commensal rodents Mastomys natalensis and Rattus rattus: determining differential habitat use using Rhodamine B. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
BACKGROUND: Understanding movement patterns of rodent pests is essential for planning management strategies. Currently, for many rural village contexts, there is limited information on how rodents move between domestic and peridomestic areas, and the ...
Mkomwa H, Makundi R, Belmain S, Rija AA, Massawe A, Ponchon A, Selemani M, Espinaze MPA, Telfer S.   +8 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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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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Molecular cloning and host range analysis of three cytomegaloviruses from Mastomys natalensis [PDF]

Journal of Virology
Herpesvirus-based vectors are attractive for use as conventional or transmissible vaccines against emerging zoonoses in inaccessible animal populations.
Laura Staliunaite, Olha Puhach, Eleonore Ostermann, Kyle Rosenke, Jenna Nichols, Lisa Oestereich, Nafomon Sogoba, Heinz Feldmann, Andrew J. Davison, Michael A. Jarvis, Wolfram Brune   +10 more
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O Mastomys natalensis como modelo alternativo nos estudos da esquistossomose mansoni experimental [PDF]

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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Host competence of the African rodents Arvicanthis neumanni, A. niloticus and Mastomys natalensis for Leishmania donovani from Ethiopia and L. (Mundinia) sp. from Ghana [PDF]

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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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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