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Prevalence of Ectoparasites and Hemoparasites in Rodents and Shrews in Ilemela District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Journal of Applied Veterinary Science and Technology
Background: Rodents and shrews play an important role in the transmission and spreading of zoonotic diseases in Tanzania and worldwide. Purpose: This study aims to identify ectoparasites and hemoparasites in rodents and shrews captured in Ilemela ...
Aheir Achuil Deng, Emmanel P. Lita, Erneo Bernardo Ochi, Jahashi Nzalawahe, Abdul A. S. Katakweba   +4 more
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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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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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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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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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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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Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields. [PDF]

Integr Zool, 2022
Imakando CI, Fernández-Grandon GM, Singleton GR, Belmain SR.   +3 more
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Degenerative joint disease in Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis. [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 1967
L, Sokoloff, K C, Snell, H L, Stewart
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Linking Behavior, Co-infection Patterns, and Viral Infection Risk With the Whole Gastrointestinal Helminth Community Structure in Mastomys natalensis. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2021
Vanden Broecke B, Bernaerts L, Ribas A, Sluydts V, Mnyone L, Matthysen E, Leirs H.   +6 more
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Lassa fever and the Nigerian experience: a review

European Journal of Biological Research, 2019
The occurrence, transmission and intervention strategies on the Lassa fever disease in Nigeria are presented. The Lassa virus is an enveloped, single stranded, bi-segmented RNA virus that belong to the Arenaviridae family was first reported in 1969 from ...
Samuel Ebiojo Amodu, Stephen Oyedele Fapohunda   +1 more
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