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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-8-12
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pubmed:abstractText |
Wild mice and voles were tested for Cryptosporidium during a 2-year survey at an agricultural site in Warwickshire, United Kingdom. C. parvum and C. muris, the two cryptosporidial species known to infect mammals, were detected. Prevalence figures of 22%, 21% and 13% noted for C. parvum for Mus domesticus, Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus, respectively, were higher than those recorded for C. muris at 10%, 6% and 2%. C. parvum causes the sometimes severe diarrhoeal disease cryptosporidiosis in many hosts, but the wild rodents were asymptomatic. The discovery of C. muris in A. sylvaticus and C. glareolus confirms a wider distribution in wild rodents than has previously been reported. Rodents may represent a significant reservoir of Cryptosporidium with a high potential for infection of man and livestock due to cohabitation.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0932-0113
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
83
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
478-82
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Agriculture,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Animals, Wild,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Arvicolinae,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Cryptosporidiosis,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Cryptosporidium parvum,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Muridae,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:9197396-Rodent Diseases
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pubmed:year |
1997
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum and C. muris in Mus domesticus, Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus in an agricultural system.
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pubmed:affiliation |
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, UK. byk032@coventry.ac.uk
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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