Rodent control to fight plague: field assessment of methods based on rat density reduction. [PDF]
Integr Zool, 2021 Rodents represent a serious threat to food security and public health. The extent to which rodent control can mitigate the risk from rodent‐borne disease depends on both the effectiveness of control in reducing rodent abundance and the impact on disease ...
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Resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Martinique could lead to inefficient rodent control in a context of endemic leptospirosis. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Leptospirosis is a re-emergent worldwide zoonosis. It is endemic in Martinique where transmission conditions are favourable. Humans are usually infected through contact with water contaminated with urine of rodents.
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Evaluation of rodent control to fight Lassa fever based on field data and mathematical modelling. [PDF]
Emerg Microbes Infect, 2019 The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the reservoir host of Lassa virus, an arenavirus that causes Lassa haemorrhagic fever in humans in West Africa.
Mariën J +8 more
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Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2018 Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by an arenavirus. The disease is endemic in West African countries, including Guinea. The rodents Mastomys natalensis and Mastomys erythroleucus have been identified as Lassa virus reservoirs in Guinea. In
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Rodent control strategies and Lassa virus: some unexpected effects in Guinea, West Africa. [PDF]
Emerg Microbes InfectThe Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the host of Lassa mammarenavirus, causing Lassa haemorrhagic fever in West Africa. As there is currently no operational vaccine and therapeutic drugs are limited, we explored rodent control as an ...
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Camera Trap Dataset of Rodents and Sympatric Vertebrates in the Desert Steppe of Qilian Mountains China [PDF]
Scientific DataQilian Mountains National Park in northwestern China encompasses ecologically sensitive desert steppe ecosystems increasingly affected by rodent population outbreaks—particularly of Rhombomys opimus and Meriones meridianus.
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The potential habitat of desert locusts is contracting: predictions under climate change scenarios [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Desert locusts are notorious for their widespread distribution and strong destructive power. Their influence extends from the vast arid and semiarid regions of western Africa to northwestern India.
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Perceptions on Barn Owls and Their Use in Rodent Control: A Case Study of Hwange District
Tropical Conservation Science, 2022 Background and Research Aims: Myths and beliefs shape the relationships that people have with different species. They lead to the protection of revered species and the persecution of negatively viewed species. In some instances, people fear these species
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Animals, 2023 Endocrine cells can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, which, in turn, play an important role in animal growth, metabolism, and acclimation.
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Animal models for COVID-19: advances, gaps and perspectives
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is the most consequential pandemic of this century. Since the outbreak in late 2019, animal models have been playing crucial roles in aiding the rapid development of vaccines/drugs for prevention and therapy, as well as ...
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