PSEUDOMACROMIA NATALENSIS AND MERUENSIS (ODONATA)

Antibacterial Activity of Euclea Natalensis

Perspectives on Odonata

This thesis considers the phylogeny of Odonata from two different viewpoints. The first article, “The Palaeoptera Problem”, is an attempt at placing Odonata in the pterygote insect phylogenetic tree. The second, “A phylogenetic perspective on larval spine morphology in Leucorrhinia (Odonata, Libellulidae)”, is an in-depth view of the whiteface dragonflies, a monophyletic group that only contain...

Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Fever, West Africa

PCR screening of 1,482 murid rodents from 13 genera caught in 18 different localities of Guinea, West Africa, showed Lassa virus infection only in molecularly typed Mastomys natalensis. Distribution of this rodent and relative abundance compared with M. erythroleucus correlates geographically with Lassa virus seroprevalence in humans.

Dragonflies (Odonata) from South-Eastern Iran

Twenty-seven species of Odonata were collected in the present survey in the freshwaters of South-Eastern Iran, Kerman province, in contrast to 11 species that were recorded previously from this region. In this study, 528 specimens were collected from more than 30 sites in Kerman province during 2006-2008. It seems that in this region due to its special biogeographic conditions, species diversit...

Arenavirus Diversity and Phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria

Mastomys natalensis rodents are natural hosts for Lassa virus (LASV). Detection of LASV in 2 mitochondrial phylogroups of the rodent near the Niger and Benue Rivers in Nigeria underlines the potential for LASV emergence in fresh phylogroups of this rodent. A Mobala-like sequence was also detected in eastern Nigeria.