Liat L B, Wah M J, Singh M, Ho B C, Hian Y E
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1975 Jun;6(2):241-6.
Seven of the 18 species of lowland forest terrestrial and semi-arboreal murids were found naturally infected with Breinlia booliati. Of these, two species, Rattus sabanus and R. cremoriventer, were found to be the most preferred hosts. None of the murids from the highland, field or human-inhabited areas was infected. This could have been due more to the greater scarcity of the vectors in these habitats than to the susceptibility of the hosts. The absence of this parasite in the squirrels examined may be attributed either to host specificity or to the normal activity cycles or vertical stratification of the vectors, separating them in space and/or time from the squirrels. The pattern of dispersion of the parasite is influenced by the wide distribution of suitable hosts, and the hypothesis that the parasite is of forest origin is discussed.
在18种低地森林陆生和半树栖鼠科动物中，有7种被发现自然感染了布氏布氏线虫。其中，有两种物种，即萨氏家鼠和乳白小家鼠，被发现是最适宜的宿主。来自高地、田野或人类居住区的鼠科动物均未被感染。这可能更多是由于这些栖息地中传播媒介更为稀少，而非宿主的易感性所致。在所检查的松鼠中没有这种寄生虫，可能是由于宿主特异性，或者是传播媒介的正常活动周期或垂直分层，使它们在空间和/或时间上与松鼠分隔开来。寄生虫的分布模式受到适宜宿主广泛分布的影响，并对该寄生虫起源于森林的假说进行了讨论。
