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Pneumocystis carinii and helminth parasitism in shrews Sorex araneus and Sorex caecutiens. 1993

J Laakkonen, and A Sukura, and V Haukisalmi, and H Henttonen

Department of Anatomy and Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.

The prevalence of Pneumocystis carinii was compared in two species of shrews, Sorex araneus and Sorex caecutiens in Finnish Lapland. The overall prevalence of P. carinii in S. araneus was 70% and in S. caecutiens was 17%. The prevalence for S. araneus is the highest reported for wild animals. The interspecific differences in prevalence were significant for all sex and age groups except for adult males. Based on multiway contingency tables (log-linear models), there was no dependence between sex or age of S. araneus and occurrence of P. carinii. In individual S. araneus the intensity of P. carinii was not related to the total number of helminths or the number of helminth species, and no dependence was observed between the presence of P. carinii and various helminth species.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007411	Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic	Infections of the INTESTINES with PARASITES, commonly involving PARASITIC WORMS. Infections with roundworms (NEMATODE INFECTIONS) and tapeworms (CESTODE INFECTIONS) are also known as HELMINTHIASIS.	Parasitic Intestinal Diseases,Disease, Parasitic Intestinal,Diseases, Parasitic Intestinal,Intestinal Disease, Parasitic,Parasitic Intestinal Disease
D008297	Male		Males
D011010	Pneumocystis	A genus of ascomycetous FUNGI, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales. It includes various host-specific species causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA in humans and other MAMMALS.	Pneumocysti
D005260	Female		Females
D005387	Finland	A country in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia. The capital is Helsinki.	Aland Islands,Åland Islands
D006373	Helminthiasis	Infestation with parasitic worms of the helminth class.	Nematomorpha Infections,Infections, Nematomorpha,Helminthiases,Infection, Nematomorpha,Nematomorpha Infection
D006374	Helminthiasis, Animal	Infestation of animals with parasitic worms of the helminth class. The infestation may be experimental or veterinary.	Animal Helminthiases,Animal Helminthiasis,Helminthiases, Animal
D006376	Helminths	Commonly known as parasitic worms, this group includes the ACANTHOCEPHALA; NEMATODA; and PLATYHELMINTHS. Some authors consider certain species of LEECHES that can become temporarily parasitic as helminths.	Aschelminthes,Gordius,Nematomorpha,Parasitic Worms,Worms, Parasitic,Aschelminthe,Helminth,Nematomorphas,Parasitic Worm,Worm, Parasitic
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia