Monthly surveys were conducted to investigate the occurrence of chigger mites and seroprevalence of scrub typhus among small mammals in Jeollanam-do, the southwestern part of Korea, from November 2006 through October 2007. Fifty-eight small mammals, including 57 Apodemus agrarius (98.3%) and 1 Crocidura lasiura (1.7%), were captured, and a total of 4,675 chigger mites representing 4 genera and ...

A selection gradient was recently suggested as one possible cause for a clinal distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes along an altitudinal transect in the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula (Ehinger et al. 2002). One mtDNA haplotype (H1) rare in lowland, became widespread when approaching the altitudinal margin of the distribution. As H1 differs from the main lowland h...

Rodent-borne disease surveillance was conducted at Nightmare Range (NM-R), near the demilitarized zone in northeast Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, to identify hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) risks for a mountainous high-elevation (500 m) military training site. Monthly surveys were conducted from January 2008-December 2009. A total of 1,720 small mammals were captured belong...

The soil of several floodplain areas along large European rivers shows increased levels of heavy metals as a relict from past sedimentation of contaminants. These levels may pose risks of accumulation in food webs and toxicologic effects on flora and fauna. However, for floodplains, data on heavy-metal concentrations in vertebrates are scarce. Moreover, these environments are characterised by p...

Introduction: The studies of borreliosis and the official disease registration in Crimea began year 2000. An obvious increase number human cases Ixodes tick-borne has been observed since then: 204 Lyme were registered 2000–2014 already 324 years 2015–2021. Objective: To specify reservoirs, vectors boundaries natural foci based on results research conducted Materials methods: Collection ticks tr...

Abstract The occurrence of the non-native, greater white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula in Stavanger area Southwestern Norway was brought to our attention by two records from public (from 2012 and 2017). A citizen-science project, based on targeted media-calls between 2017 2019, resulted 78 reported observations. correct species identity, using photographs collected specimen, confirmed for 103...