The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum and C-muris in Mus domesticus, Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus in an agricultural system

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Chalmers, RM
Sturdee, AP
Bull, SA
Miller, A
Wright, SE
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[1] COVENTRY UNIV,SCH NAT & ENVIRONM SCI,COVENTRY CV1 5FB,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
[2] OXFORD BROOKES UNIV,SCH BIOL MOL SCI,OXFORD OX3 0BP,ENGLAND
[3] MOREDUN RES INST,EDINBURGH EH17 7JH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1007/s004360050283
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
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. purvum 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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