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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2022

Eco-epidemiological screening of multi-host wild rodent communities in the UK reveals pathogen strains of zoonotic interest.

Flavia Occhibove, Niall J McKeown, Claire Risley, Joseph E Ironside

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular epidemiology ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  4. Zoonotic Microparasites in Invasive Black Rats (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  5. Presence ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Flavia OcchiboveIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, UK.
Niall J McKeownIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, UK.
Claire RisleyIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, UK.
Joseph E IronsideIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DA, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wild rodent communities represent ideal systems to study pathogens and parasites shared among sympatric species. Such studies are useful in the investigation of eco-epidemiological dynamics, improving disease management strategies and reducing zoonotic risk. The aim of this study was to investigate pathogen and parasites shared among rodent species (multi-host community) in West Wales in an area where human/wildlife disease risk was not previously assessed. West Wales is predominantly rural, with human settlements located alongside to grazing areas and semi-natural landscapes, creating a critical human-livestock-wildlife interface. Ground-dwelling wild rodent communities in Wales were live-trapped and biological samples - faeces and ectoparasites - collected and screened for a suite of pathogens and parasites that differ in types of transmission and ecology. Faecal samples were examined to detect Herpesvirus,

Indexed as

Babesia microtiBartonella sp.FleasIxodid ticksWild rodentsZoonoses

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PMID35309039
PMCPMC8927908

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