Cotton Rat


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A popular animal model first used in polio research, which is a model of choice for research in measles—paramyxovirus—herpes simplex, influenza—orthomyxovirus—HIV-1, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus-based gene replacement research
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We quantified reservoir host use as the number of hispid cotton rat or cotton mouse blood meals per resting shelter per day.
Patterns of Abundance, Host Use, and Everglades Virus Infection in Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei Mosquitoes, Florida, USA
Caption: Phython impacts on mammal Populations seem to have been Skirted by the cotton rat, left, a Reservoir for Everglades virus.
Repellant News from the' Glades: One more reason to keep the skeeters away-and pythons, too
Cotton rats accounted for 70% of rodent prey and mice 20%.
Food of bobcats and coyotes from Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Results--In 3,777 trap nights we captured 311 small mammals of five species (Table 1), listed in decreasing order of abundance: hispid cotton rat (S.
Habitat associations of the rodent community in a grand prairie preserve
Distribution and ecology of the hispid and least cotton rats in New Mexico.
Potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: a review and proposed research plan
The impact of climatic extremes on cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) populations.
Composicion de la dieta de Sigmodon hispidus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) en cana de azucar
Although Peter's climbing rat and hispid cotton rat were represented in trapping and pellets, they showed inverse abundance patterns: we captured only one specimen of the former, and two of the latter.
Mamiferos presas de la lechuza de campanario(Tyto alba) en el sureste de Oaxaca, Mexico
Methods: Microfilaraemic cotton rats and Mastomys coucha harbouring Litomosoides sigmodontis and Brugia malayi respectively, were treated with crude extract or fractions of the seed kernel C.
Antifilarial activity of Caesalpinia bonducella against experimental filarial infections
* Studies in the Cotton Rat that show Viprovex enhances the efficacy and safety of Roche's Tamiflu(r), a neuraminidase inhibitor used to combat influenza which is stockpiled by governments around the world to treat potential pandemic avian influenza outbreaks.
IMMUNEREGEN/DELSITE COLLABORATE ON NEW FLU TREATMENT
Specifically, Flannery compared the percentages of the presence of cotton rat, kangaroo rat, and deer mouse in the Early Ajuereado time period (30,000 B.C.
Assessing Criticisms of Faunal Analyses and Environmental Reconstructions in the Tehuacan Valley Project
Other rodent species known to carry HPS-associated hantaviruses include the rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) [5,6].
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome -- Vermont, 2000
Cotton rat density and distribution.--Averaged across the entire site, cotton rat density was roughly equivalent in each successional phase (Fig.
THE INTERACTION OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, PLANT, AND SMALL MAMMAL SUCCESSION IN AN OLD FIELD

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