Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) was considered to be transmitted by Apodemus agrarius and Rattus norvegicus, the principal animal hosts of Hantaan virus and Seoul virus, respectively. The aim of this study is to determine the correlation of HFRS incidence with capture rate and hantavirus infection rate of rodent species in Qingdao City, China. We collected HFRS patients' informatio...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze fatty acids using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) in combination with chemometric Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for the authentication Rattus norvegicus fat from other animal fats.
 Methods: Extraction raw meat norvegicus, beef, chicken, pork, and dogs Bligh Dyer method, then derivatized 0.2 N NaOCH3, precipitation sod...

A study to determine the diversity and distribution of ectoparasites and endoparasites infesting wild rat population of Carey Island was carried out from June to December 2010. A total of 81 rats were captured from various locations on Carey Island. Four rat species were identified namely, Rattus tiomanicus (45.7%), Rattus rattus diardii (25.9%), Rattus argentiventer (16%) and Rattus norvegicus...

background rodents play a major role in economic losses and public health problems. these animals are considered as natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), one of the major health concerns in iran. conclusions the spatial and temporal monitoring of wild rodents will help to predict the potential zoonotic rodent-borne diseases. objectives this research was aimed to stu...

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis has long been a major public health concern in the southwestern Indian Ocean. However, in Madagascar, only a few, old studies have provided indirect serological evidence of the disease in humans or animals. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We conducted a large animal study focusing on small-mammal populations. Five field trapping surveys were carried out at five sites, ...

This paper considers how to computationally predict unknown protein-protein interactions (PPIs) given the experimentally verified PPIs. Matrix completion, a very popular machine learning technique that can be used to to infer the missing part of a matrix, has been introduced to recover the missing interactions of an incomplete PPI network. The benefit of Matrix completion is that it does not re...

Hypercholesterolemia is a metabolic disorder disease characterized by increased blood cholesterol levels above normal limits. Many studies support the use of statins as cholesterol-lowering agents that work inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase so secretion decreases. The often prescribed in long term which results side effects such myotoxicity, myopathy, myalgia, myositis, and rhabdomyolysis. A study n...

The anticoagulant rodenticide bromadiolone is used throughout the U.S. under a number of trade names. An expanded research program is underway within Chempar to examine the use of bromadiolone in commensal and field rodent control. Data are presented herein on the toxicology, metabolism, secondary hazards, efficacy, and formulation developments with bromadiolone. A new Maki 0.001% liquid bait i...

Aims Different species of gongylonema are common parasites of rats that can be accidentally transmitted to humans and cause disease. This study aims to identify and investigate the morphology of Gongylonema neoplasticum and its zoonotic significance in Tabriz rats. Methods & Materials In this study, 100 rats (29 Rattus rattus and 71 Rattus norvegicus) were caught from different parts of Tabriz...