A new nuclear marker, the “VKORC1 gene exon 3 region”, for the identification of Anatolian Rattus spp. [PDF]
BMC ZoologyIn this study, exons 1, 2, and 3 of the vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) gene, which has been used to indicate anticoagulant rodenticide resistance, were analyzed to investigate whether it is an effective marker for the ...
Derya Çetintürk +2 more
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Trophic niche of invasive murid rodents in urban and peri-urban areas in South Africa: insights from stable isotope analysis [PDF]
BMC ZoologyThere are three invasive Rattus species (R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi) that are known to occur in South Africa. The three Rattus species are widespread in urban and peri-urban areas where they have had a significant impact on human health ...
Gordon V. Ringani +3 more
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Molecular genotypes analysis of Cryptosporidium and Hymenolepis in rats on Lombok Island, Indonesia
International Journal of One Health, 2020 Background and Aim: Cryptosporidium parvum and Hymenolepis nana are intestinal parasites that are commonly found in the unclean environment. Their presence in rats promotes the transmission of the cryptosporidiosis and hymenolepiasis to humans or animals
Ersandhi Resnhaleksmana +3 more
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Invasive rodents and damages to food stocks: a study in the Autonomous Harbor of Cotonou, Benin
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2020 Description of the subject. Rodents may be major pests to crops and stored food, thus threatening food security. Among them, invasive species such as rats and mice are of particular concern since they are disseminated globally following international ...
Henri-Joël Dossou +5 more
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Prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in Rattus rattus in the Salas district, Lambayeque
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2022 Objective: The study of the prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in rodents of the Rattus rattus species.The objective of the present investigation is to establish the prevalence of Xenopsylla cheopis in rodents of the Rattus rattus species.
Jarling F. Ortiz-Cusma +2 more
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eLife, 2016 Synapses and nuclei are connected by bidirectional communication mechanisms that enable information transfer encoded by macromolecules. Here, we identified RNF10 as a novel synaptonuclear protein messenger.
Margarita C Dinamarca +18 more
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Records of the Australian Museum, 2023 Two new species of murine rodents (Halmaheramys funderus sp. nov. and H. bellwoodi sp. nov.) are described from remains in an archaeological site on Morotai Island in North Maluku (Maluku Utara) Province of Indonesia.
Kenneth P. Aplin +4 more
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Infomap Bioregions: Interactive mapping of biogeographical regions from species distributions [PDF]
, 2016 Biogeographical regions (bioregions) reveal how different sets of species are spatially grouped and therefore are important units for conservation, historical biogeography, ecology and evolution. Several methods have been developed to identify bioregions
Antonelli, Alexandre +4 more
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A Review of Rat Lungworm Infection and Recent Data on Its Definitive Hosts in Hawaii
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2019 Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a zoonotic nematode that causes rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), a potentially debilitating form of meningitis, in humans worldwide.
Chris N. Niebuhr +2 more
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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021.
María Teresa Galán-Puchades +5 more
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