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| [[Leptospirosis]] || rat urine or contaminated water || water or animal exposure, or adventure travel
| [[Leptospirosis]] || rat urine or contaminated water || water or animal exposure, or adventure travel
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| [[Bartonella species]] || fleas || worldwide
| [[Bartonella]] || fleas || worldwide
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| [[Yersinia pestis]] || fleas || more in Asia, Africa, and South America
| [[Yersinia pestis]] || fleas || more in Asia, Africa, and South America
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! colspan=3 | Viruses
! colspan=3 | Viruses
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| [[Hantavirus]] || urine, feces, or saliva ||
| [[Hantavirus]] || urine, feces, or saliva || no human cases ever reported in Ontario, but present elsewhere in Canada
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| [[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]] (LCMV) || ||
| [[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]] (LCMV) || ||

Latest revision as of 20:11, 30 November 2023

Disease Exposure Clues
Bacteria
Salmonellosis direct contact or feces
Rat-bite fever bite (or ingestion of contaminated food) worldwide
Rickettsia typhi rat fleas poor housing
Tularemia
Leptospirosis rat urine or contaminated water water or animal exposure, or adventure travel
Bartonella fleas worldwide
Yersinia pestis fleas more in Asia, Africa, and South America
Viruses
Hantavirus urine, feces, or saliva no human cases ever reported in Ontario, but present elsewhere in Canada
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
Lassa fever
South American arenavirus
Parasites
Angiostrongylus cantonensis eating intermediate host (mollusk) or contaminated food

Further Reading