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Forum to post announcements and queries related to rodent-vectored diseases. Discussion is open to any zoonosis where rodents play a role in transmission as well as general pathogens and parasites where rodents are implicated in contaminating the environment.
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article Lassa fever in Guinea (rodent-borne disease)
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Dear all,
I am happy to attach a new article on Lassa fever serology and risk factors in forest Guinea, West Africa. The survey was made in 2000 and many questions were inferred to the wild fauna, especially the rodents.
Best wishes,
-- Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet
Evolutionary Biology Group, Universiteit Antwerpen... more »
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Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for public health
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Dear colleagues,
Last week a new paper was posted online about many different pathogens
that can be transferred by rodents. This paper was written for
Critical Reviews in Microbiology by Grant Singleton, Aize Kijlstra and
myself, and is entitled "Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for
public health". Be prepared for a review article containing over 600... more »
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New article on rodents and food security
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Dear colleagues,
Yesterday a new article by Grant Singleton, Herwig Leirs and myself
was published on the website of Pest Management Science: "The Year of
the Rat ends: Time to fight hunger!".
The article handles about the amount of food that is consumed by
rodents worldwide. We have estimated that this amount would be... more »
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2 new papers
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Dear colleagues,
Recently Grant Singleton has invited me to join the RatZooMan Network,
so, hereby my first post. Two papers will soon be published, and the
topic might interest you, so that's why I am currently writing this
post.
The first article ("The Ethics of Rodent Control') is about the... more »
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ratzooman paper
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Dear All I'm pleased to attach an important paper recently published in Integrative Zoology by Peter Taylor et al. which excellently summarises the ratzooman project activities in Durban. My thanks to Peter for pulling this paper together; I'm sure it will be highly cited by others. You can find other relevant papers freely available... more »
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article Mastomys reproduction/Lassa virus
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Dear all, Here is attached our paper about reproduction in Mastomys natalensis and relationships with Lassa virus prevalence in Guinea. This is a companion article of the one I sent you in August 2007 and represents a part of my talk at the Ratzooman final workshop. Best wishes, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, PhD... more »
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plague review paper
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Dear All I'm attaching a paper published this past month in the online journal PLoS Medicine, giving an overview of plague: past, present and future. PLoS journals are freely available online, and you can find the article through the below url and then click on the January 2008 issue. [link]... more »
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Lassa ecoepidemiology paper
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Dear all, Please, find attached our recent publication on Lassa fever ecoepidemiology in Guinea. This study try to investigate if rodent dynamics could explain a possible seasonality in Lassa fever; you can read that it not so simple. This article reports a part of my talk at the workshop. Best wishes,... more »
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the ratzooman network
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Dear ratzooman network colleagues It has been some time since anyone has posted messages on this email network, so I thought it was time to remind people of it's existence and not to be shy in using it. Remember, this email forum is simply a way to keep in touch, share information, ask questions to other members of the group on any... more »
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