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  <dc:contributor>Robert N. Fisher</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Ted J. Case</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Juha Laakkonen</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2001</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Cyst forms of the opportunistic fungal parasite&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pneumocystis carinii&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were found in the lungs of 34% of the desert shrew,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Notiosorex crawfordi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 59), 13% of the ornate shrew,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sorex ornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 55), 6% of the dusky-footed wood rat,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neotoma fuscipes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 16), 2.5% of the California meadow vole,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Microtus californicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 40), and 50% of the California pocket mouse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chaetodipus californicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 2) caught from southern California between February 1998 and February 2000. Cysts were not found in any of the harvest mouse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reithrodontomys megalotis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 21), California mouse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peromyscus californicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 20), brush mouse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peromyscus boylii&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 7) or deer mouse,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peromyscus maniculatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 4) examined. All infections were mild; extrapulmonary infections were not observed. Other lung parasites detected were&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hepatozoon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sp./spp. from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. californicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Notiosorex crawfordi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chrysosporium&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sp. (Emmonsia) from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. californicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and a nematode from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;S. ornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.408</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wildlife Disease Association</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Pneumocystosis in wild small mammals from California</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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