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Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Emergence

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract Major infectious diseases threatening human health are transmitted to people from animals or by arthropod vectors such as insects. In recent decades, disease outbreaks have become more common, especially in tropical regions, including new and emerging infections that were previously undetected or unknown. Even though there is growing awareness
M. Cristina Rulli, Paolo D’Odorico, Nikolas Galli, Reju S. John, Renata L. Muylaert, Monia Santini, David T. S. Hayman   +6 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

, 2006
Correspondence: brouat@mpl.ird.frInternational audienceUsing 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 ...
Duplantier, Jean-Marc, J.-M., Brouat, Carine, Duplantier, Jean-Marc,, Loiseau, Anne, Kane, M.   +4 more
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Is What Comes out the Same as What Goes in? A Preliminary Investigation of the Isotopic Impacts of Digestion by Red‐Tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and Eurasian Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2025.
Isotope analysis of predator feces and consumed prey remains can be used to non‐invasively track diet and reconstruct past environment and climate conditions. However, one must account for the isotopic difference between diet and feces, as well as the possible influence of digestion on consumed prey tissues.
Brooke Erin Crowley, Madison Laurel Greenwood, Rachel Elizabeth Brown Reid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Absence of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies in Praomys (mastomys) natalensis

, 1981
It has been suggested in the past that Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis might be an animal model for human myasthenia gravis. This suggestion was based on the occurrence of thymomas and autoantibody to striated muscle in this animal species.
Vincent, A., Solleveld, H.A.
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Reservoir displacement by an invasive rodent reduces Lassa virus zoonotic spillover risk

Nature Communications
The black rat (Rattus rattus) is a globally invasive species that has been widely introduced across Africa. Within its invasive range in West Africa, R.
Evan A. Eskew, Brian H. Bird, Bruno M. Ghersi, James Bangura, Andrew J. Basinski, Emmanuel Amara, Mohamed A. Bah, Marilyn C. Kanu, Osman T. Kanu, Edwin G. Lavalie, Victor Lungay, Willie Robert, Mohamed A. Vandi, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Scott L. Nuismer   +14 more
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Evaluation of live attenuated plague vaccines in Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis [PDF]

Infection and Immunity, 1977
A live attenuated Yersinia pestis vaccine designated EV76-51f, which had previously been shown to be pathogenic in vervet monkeys but not in guinea pigs, was tested in the multimammate mouse Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis. Doses of 10(6) viable organisms inoculated subcutaneously as either a lyophilized suspension or an agar-grown culture resulted in ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Reproduction in urban commensal rodents: the case of Mastomys natalensis from Niamey, Niger

, 2014
International audienceMost wild Sahelian rodents display a seasonal reproduction that is usually related to rainfall, hence resources availability. Mastomys natalensis is a well-documented and major pest rodent species.
Garba, Madougou, Dobigny, Gauthier, G., Dobigny, Gauthier,   +2 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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Isozyme and allozyme markers distinguishing two morphologically similar, medically important Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae)

BMC Genetics, 2001
Background Two common southern African mice species, Mastomys coucha and M. natalensis, are widely distributed throughout the subregion and overlap in many areas.
Van der Bank Herman FH, Smit Andre A
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Outbreak of lassa fever in Nigeria: measures for prevention and control

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, extremely virulent and often infectious, occurs very frequently in different parts of Nigeria [1-4] and affects approximately 100,000-500,000 persons per year in West Africa.
Kehinde Charles Mofolorunsho
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