Native rodent species are unlikely sources of infection for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis along the Transoceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]
, 2014 An estimated 2.3 million disability-adjusted life years are lost globally from leishmaniasis. In Peru's Amazon region, the department of Madre de Dios (MDD) rises above the rest of the country in terms of the annual incidence rates of human leishmaniasis.
Conrad, Patricia A +7 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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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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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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Recognition of conspecific odours by laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) does not show context specificity. [PDF]
, 2002 Recognition of conspecific odours by laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) does not show context ...
Burman, Oliver, Mendl, Michael
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Phylogeography of Invasive Rats in New Zealand
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century respectively.
James C. Russell +2 more
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ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2018 La progresiva expansión de las urbes no solo implica modificación de los ecosistemas, está también asociada a la introducción de especies plaga. En este sentido, es importante evaluar cómo especies nativas actúan como controladores de plagas.
Bernarda Elizabeth Vásquez Ávila +5 more
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Impact of the introduced small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on abundance and activity time of the introduced ship rat (Rattus rattus) and the small mammal community on Adriatic islands, Croatia [PDF]
, 2011 The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) is one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species (IUCN 2000). It has negative impacts on several small mammals on islands where it was introduced. We assess the abundance of small mammal populations and
Barun, Arijana +3 more
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Records of the Australian Museum, 2020 The Nusa Tenggara island chain consists of an archipelago that runs roughly east-west in eastern Indonesia. As part of Wallacea, it has never been connected to any continental landmass, and has been subject to a variety of biological invasions that have ...
Julien Louys +6 more
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Biosystematic analysis of genus Rattus (Rodentia: Murinae) in Iran using total proteins of plasma and esterase-1 [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2011 Genus Rattus from the subfamily Murinae has a wide geographical distribution throughout the world. Three species of this genus have been reported in Iran so far.
R Attar-Yazdi, M Moghadam Matin, R Jalal
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