Reservoir hosts of human babesiosis on Nantucket Island.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 30(3): 560-5, 1981 May.
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| ID: mdl-7020449
ABSTRACT
The host range of Babesia microti was studied on Nantucket Island in order to identify the enzootic reservoir of this human pathogen. White-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) were more frequently parasitized than were other indigenous animals. Infection was ubiquitous in locations where deer were abundant. Mice were most frequently parasitemic during spring and summer and adults more frequently than juveniles. Parasitemia, which was rarely intense, was sustained for as long as 4 months. Mice lived as long as 10 months, and juveniles were most abundant during early summer. Prevalence of zoonotic infection, in certain locations, appeared to be inversely correlated with abundance of mice. B. microti was present solely in regions harboring deer.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Roedores
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Babesiose
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Grupos de População Animal
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Animais Selvagens
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
1981
Tipo de documento:
Article