Infections associated with rats: Difference between revisions

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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

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+{| class="wikitable"
-* Bacteria
+! Disease !! Exposure !! Clues
-** Salmonellosis
+|-
-** Rat-bite fever (''Streptobacillus moniliformis'' and ''Spirillum minus'')
+! colspan=3 | Bacteria
-** Murine (endemic) typhus
+|-
-** Tularemia
+| [[Salmonellosis]] || direct contact or feces ||
-** Leptospirosis
+|-
-* Viruses
+| [[Rat-bite fever]] || bite (or ingestion of contaminated food) || worldwide
-** Hantavirus
+|-
-** Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
+| [[Rickettsia typhi]] || rat fleas || poor housing
-** Lassa fever
+|-
-** South American arenavirus
+| [[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
+|-
+! colspan=3 | 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 || ||
+|-
+! colspan=3 | Parasites
+|-
+| [[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]] || eating intermediate host (mollusk) or contaminated food ||
+|}
 == Further Reading ==
+* Rats, Cities, People, and Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Literature Regarding the Ecology of Rat-Associated Zoonoses in Urban Centers. ''Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis''. 2013;13(6):349-359. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2012.1195 10.1089/vbz.2012.1195]
 * [https://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/direct.html Diseases directly transmitted by rodents]. CDC.