[Blood parasites of small wild mammals in Steiermark and Burgenland].

A total of 488 wild small mammals (16 species) trapped in two federate units of Austria, Steiermark and Burgenland, were examined on the presence of blood parasites. In Steiermark Grahamelles were detected in Neomys fodiens, Clethrionomys glareolus, Microtus arvalis, M. agrestis, Apodemus flavicollis and A. sylvaticus, while Trypanosoma evotomys and Hepatozoon erhardovae were found in C. glareolus, and Babesia microti in Pitymys subterraneus and M. agrestis. In Burgenland Grahamelles were demonstrated in Sorex araneus, C. glareolus, A. sylvaticus, A. flavicollis and Rattus norvegicus, while trypanosoma grosi was encountered in A. flavicollis and Babesia microti in C. glareolus, M. arvalis and A. flavicollis.