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Habitat-specific shaping of proliferation and neuronal differentiation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis of wild rodents

Cavegn, N.; van Dijk, R.M.; Menges, D.; Brettschneider, H.; Phalanndwa, M.; Chimimba, C.T.; Isler, K.; Lipp, H.P.; Slomianka, L.; Amrein, I. (Open Access Publishing, 2013-04)

Daily life of wild mammals is characterized by a multitude of attractive and aversive stimuli. The hippocampus processes complex polymodal information associated with such stimuli and mediates adequate behavioral responses. ...

Evidence of a contact zone between Rhabdomys dilectus(Rodentia: Muridae) mitotypes in Gauteng province, South Africa

le Grange, A.; Bastos, A.D.S.; Brettschneider, H.; Chimimba, C.T. (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2015)

Recent studies have described the presence of several mitochondrial lineages within Rhabdomys, which was previously considered to be a monotypic genus. The exact distributional limits of the species and subspecies and their ...

Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in South Africa

Bastos, A.R.; Nair, D.; Taylor, P.J.; Brettschneider, H.; Kirsten, F.; Mostert, E.; von Maltitz, E.; Lamb, J.M.; van Hooft, P.; Belmain, S.R.; Contrafatto, G.; Downs, S.; Chimimba, C.T. (BioMed Central, 2011)

Background: South Africa’s long and extensive trade activity has ensured ample opportunities for exotic species introduction. Whereas the rich biodiversity of endemic southern African fauna has been the focus of many ...

Dynamics of Rodent-Borne Zoonotic Diseases and Their Reservoir Hosts: Invasive Rattus in South Africa

Julius, R.S.; Bastos, A.D.S.; Brettschneider, H.; Chimimba, C.T. (University of California, Davis., 2012)

Lack of adequate sanitation and pest control, and poor housing conditions that prevail in much of both rural and urban South Africa, cause rodent populations to thrive, promoting contact with humans, which results in ...

Bartonellae of the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from South Africa

Brettschneider, H.; Bennett, N.C.; Chimimba, C.T.; Bastos, A.D.S. (Elsevier, 2012)

The aim of this study was to determine Bartonella prevalence and diversity in Namaqua rock mice, Micaelamys namaquensis, a species endemic to South Africa, which can attain pest status. A total of 100 heart samples ...

A mathematical epidemiological model of gram-negative Bartonella bacteria: Does differential ectoparasite load fully explain the differences in infection prevalence of Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus?

Brettschneider, H.; Anguelov, R.; Chimimba, C.T.; Bastos, A.D. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)

We postulate that the large difference in infection prevalence, 24% versus 5%, in R. norvegicus and R. rattus, respectively, between these two co-occurring host species may be due to differences in ectoparasite and potential ...