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Rodent-borne diseases in Thailand: targeting rodent carriers and risky habitats [PDF]

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2012
Background: Comparative analysis, which aims at investigating ecological and evolutionary patterns among species, may help at targeting reservoirs of zoonotic diseases particularly in countries presenting high biodiversity.
Vincent Herbreteau, Frédéric Bordes, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Yupin Supputamongkol, Serge Morand   +4 more
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Experimental Rodent Models of Cardiovascular Diseases [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020
Cardiovascular diseases, as the most common non-communicable disease in the world, cause a high mortality rate today and bring a serious medical burden to countries worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Experimental rodent models are
Tian Jia, Chen Wang, Zhengxi Han, Xiaozhi Wang, Ming Ding, Quanyi Wang   +5 more
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Respiratory Diseases of Rodents and Rabbits

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2000
This article is written to provide differential diagnostic help for the practitioner who suspects respiratory disease in rodents or rabbits. The authors are laboratory animal veterinarians who work with rodents and rabbits on a herd health basis but also have considerable experience dealing with individual mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils ...
George P Langan, Jeffrey J. Lohmiller, Sonya P. Swing, Craig L. Wardrip   +3 more
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Knowledge, risk perceptions and practices regarding rodents and their associated pathogens: environmental consultants in Chile [PDF]

One Health Outlook
Background Rodents play essential ecological roles but are also significant reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, posing risks to humans. Individuals with frequent occupational contact with rodents face an elevated risk of exposure to rodent-borne diseases ...
Esteban Vásquez, Rodrigo Salgado, Hugo Mendoza, Diego A. Peñaranda, Darío Moreira-Arce, André V. Rubio   +5 more
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Novel Rodent Coronavirus-like Virus Detected Among Beef Cattle with Respiratory Disease in Mexico [PDF]

Viruses
In February 2024, while conducting surveillance for novel respiratory viruses, we studied four beef cattle farms near Monterrey, Mexico. Nasal swabs were collected from sick and healthy beef cattle along with 3 h aerosol samples.
Ismaila Shittu, Judith U. Oguzie, Gustavo Hernández-Vidal, Gustavo Moreno-Degollado, Diego B. Silva, Lyudmyla V. Marushchak, Claudia M. Trujillo-Vargas, John A. Lednicky, Gregory C. Gray   +8 more
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Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionInter- and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) is increasingly promoted to address “wicked problems”, particularly in health sectors adopting approaches like Ecohealth.
Isabelle Arpin, Clémence Massart, Vincent Bourret, Guillaume Castel, Valeria Carolina Colombo, Jana Eccard, Jasmin Firozpoor, Maciej Grzybek, Heikki A. Henttonen, Herwig Leirs, Andrew McManus, Ben Roche, Tarja Sironen, Vincent Sluydts, Peter Stuart, Annetta Zintl, Nathalie Charbonnel   +16 more
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Impact of climate change on vector- and rodent-borne infectious diseases [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023
Background: Endemic and imported vector- and rodent-borne infectious agents can be linked to high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, vector- and rodent-borne human diseases and the effects of climate change are important public health issues.
Sandra Beermann, Gerhard Dobler, Mirko Faber, Christina Frank, Birgit Habedank, Peter Hagedorn, Helge Kampen, Carola Kuhn, Teresa Nygren, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Erik Schmolz, Klaus Stark, Rainer G. Ulrich, Sabrina Weiss, Hendrik Wilking   +14 more
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Validation of Reference Genes via qRT-PCR in Multiple Conditions in Brandt’s Voles, Lasiopodomys brandtii

Animals, 2021
The choice of optimal reference gene is challenging owing to the varied expression of reference genes in different organs, development stages, and experimental treatments. Brandt’s vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) is an ideal animal to explore the regulatory
Lin Tian, Yan Chen, Da-Wei Wang, Xiao-Hui Liu   +3 more
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No Evidence for the Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Bank Voles and Other Rodents in Germany, 2020–2022

Pathogens, 2022
Rodentia is the most speciose mammalian order, found across the globe, with some species occurring in close proximity to humans. Furthermore, rodents are known hosts for a variety of zoonotic pathogens. Among other animal species, rodents came into focus
Kerstin Wernike, Stephan Drewes, Calvin Mehl, Christin Hesse, Christian Imholt, Jens Jacob, Rainer G. Ulrich, Martin Beer   +7 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices toward rodent-borne diseases in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
In addition to their economic significance, rodents are hosts and transmit diseases. Most of rodent-borne diseases are endemic in rural Africa and sporadically lead to epidemics.
Amina Issae, Augustino Chengula, Rose Kicheleri, Christopher Kasanga, Abdul Katakweba   +4 more
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