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Recently Emerged Novel Henipa-like Viruses: Shining a Spotlight on the Shrew

open access: yesViruses, 2023
Henipaviruses are zoonotic viruses, including some highly pathogenic and capable of serious disease and high fatality rates in both animals and humans.
Sarah Caruso, Sarah J. Edwards
doaj   +1 more source

Autophagy Induction by HIV-Tat and Methamphetamine in Primary Midbrain Neuronal Cells of Tree Shrews via the mTOR Signaling and ATG5/ATG7 Pathway

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2018
Background: Addictive stimulant drugs, such as methamphetamine (METH), increase the risk of exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection and thus predispose individuals to the development of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders ...
Juan Li   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ectoparasites and Other Arthropod Associates of Some Voles and Shrews From the Catskill Mountains of New York [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Reported here from the Catskill Mountains of New York are 30 ectoparasites and other associates from 39 smoky shrews, Sorex fumeus, 17 from 11 masked shrews, Sorex cinereus, 11 from eight long-tailed shrews, Sorex dispar, and 31 from 44 rock voles ...
French, Thomas W, Whitaker, John O, Jr.
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The impact of fire on habitat use by the short-snouted elephant shrew ('Elephantulus brachyrhynchus') in North West Province, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Several studies have investigated the response of small mammal populations to fire, but few have investigated behavioural responses to habitat modification. In this study we investigated the impact of fire on home range, habitat use and activity patterns
ARNOLD   +46 more
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A hundred years later: new record of the rare Cryptotis tamensis (Soricidae: Mammalia) from Tama National Natural Park, Colombia

open access: yesMammalogy Notes, 2017
Here we present the most recent record of the Tama Small-eared Shrew for Colombia as a contribution to this poor-known species in the country. The record of the Tama Small-eared Shrew is located within the Tama NNP, Herran and Toledo municipalities ...
Carlos H. Cáceres Martínez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predation by Amphibians and Small Mammals on the Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Stomach-content analyses of pitfall-trapped amphibians and small mammals showed that the eastern American toad, Bujo americanus americanus, and the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, preyed on late instars and moths of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura ...
Crawford, Hewlette S, Jr.   +2 more
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Shrews (Soricidae) and Viruses Identified in Shrews

open access: yes, 2023
Shrews (Soricidae) are common small wild mammals with a significant overlap in their habitats with humans and domestic animals. Currently, viruses from 24 families have been identified in shrews, including Adenoviridae, Arenaviridae, Arteriviridae, Astroviridae, Bornaviridae, Caliciviridae, Circoviridae, Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviviridae ...
Huan-Yu Gong   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Tactile Experience Shapes Prey-Capture Behavior in Etruscan Shrews

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2012
A crucial role of tactile experience for the maturation of neural response properties in the somatosensory system is well established, but little is known about the role of tactile experience in the development of tactile behaviors.
Michael eBrecht, Farzana eAnjum
doaj   +1 more source

When images work faster than words: The integration of content-based image retrieval with the Northumbria Watermark Archive [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Information on the manufacture, history, provenance, identification, care and conservation of paper-based artwork/objects is disparate and not always readily available.
D. Kőnig   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Highly Divergent Genetic Variants of Soricid-Borne Altai Virus (Hantaviridae) in Eurasia Suggest Ancient Host-Switching Events

open access: yesViruses, 2019
With the recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) in shrews (order Eulipotyphla, family Soricidae), the once-conventional view that rodents (order Rodentia) served as the primordial reservoir hosts now appears ...
Hae Ji Kang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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