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Rodent-borne diseases and their public health importance in Iran. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundRodents are reservoirs and hosts for several zoonotic diseases such as plague, leptospirosis, and leishmaniasis. Rapid development of industry and agriculture, as well as climate change throughout the globe, has led to change or increase in ...
Mohammad Hasan Rabiee, Mohammad Hasan Rabiee, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Roohollah Siahsarvie, Boris Kryštufek, Ehsan Mostafavi   +5 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices toward rodent-borne diseases in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania [PDF]

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
In addition to their economic significance, rodents are hosts and transmit diseases. Most of rodent-borne diseases are endemic in rural Africa and sporadically lead to epidemics.
Amina Issae, Augustino Chengula, Rose Kicheleri, Christopher Kasanga, Abdul Katakweba   +4 more
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Editorial: Rodent-borne diseases: “One Health” perspectives [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Veasna Duong, Serge Morand, Serge Morand, Serge Morand, Philippe Buchy   +4 more
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Impact of climate change on vector- and rodent-borne infectious diseases [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023
Background: Endemic and imported vector- and rodent-borne infectious agents can be linked to high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, vector- and rodent-borne human diseases and the effects of climate change are important public health issues.
Sandra Beermann, Gerhard Dobler, Mirko Faber, Christina Frank, Birgit Habedank, Peter Hagedorn, Helge Kampen, Carola Kuhn, Teresa Nygren, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Erik Schmolz, Klaus Stark, Rainer G. Ulrich, Sabrina Weiss, Hendrik Wilking   +14 more
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Community perceptions of health and rodent-borne diseases along the Inter-Oceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Madre de Dios is located in the southeastern Amazonian region of Peru. Rodents have been estimated to be the reservoirs for up to 50 % of emerging zoonotic pathogens, including a host of viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich, Amy R. Powell, Stella M. Hartinger-Peña, Lara Schwarz, Daniel G. Bausch, Valerie A. Paz-Soldán   +5 more
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Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018
Anthropogenic environmental changes arising from settlement and agriculture include deforestation and replacement of natural vegetation by crops providing opportunities for pathogen spillover from animals to humans.
Jorlan Fernandes, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Thayssa Alves Coelho, Regina Maria Bringel Martins, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, Silvana Levis, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Sheila A Teles, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos   +9 more
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Mapping global risk of bat and rodent borne disease outbreaks to anticipate emerging threats [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Future epidemics and/or pandemics may likely arise from zoonotic viruses with bat- and rodent-borne pathogens being among the prime candidates. To improve preparedness and prevention strategies, we predicted the global distribution of bat- and rodent ...
Soushieta Jagadesh, Claudia Cataldo, Wim Van Bortel, Esther Van Kleef, William Wint, Annapaola Rizzoli, Luca Busani, Elena Arsevska   +7 more
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Rodent-borne infections in rural Ghanaian farming communities.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Rodents serve as reservoirs and/or vectors for several human infections of high morbidity and mortality in the tropics. Population growth and demographic shifts over the years have increased contact with these mammals, thereby increasing opportunities ...
Shirley C Nimo-Paintsil, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Benny Borremans, Andrew G Letizia, Emad Mohareb, Joseph H K Bonney, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, William K Ampofo, Randal J Schoepp, Karl C Kronmann   +9 more
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Rodent-Borne Parasites and Human Disease: A Growing Public Health Concern

Animals
Rodents are among the most widespread mammals globally and serve as critical reservoirs for a wide array of zoonotic parasites that significantly impact human health.
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Awad A. Shehata, Rokshana Parvin, Shadia Tasnim, Phelipe Magalhães Duarte, Shereen Basiouni   +5 more
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Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionInter- and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) is increasingly promoted to address “wicked problems”, particularly in health sectors adopting approaches like Ecohealth.
Isabelle Arpin, Clémence Massart, Vincent Bourret, Guillaume Castel, Valeria Carolina Colombo, Jana Eccard, Jasmin Firozpoor, Maciej Grzybek, Heikki A. Henttonen, Herwig Leirs, Andrew McManus, Ben Roche, Tarja Sironen, Vincent Sluydts, Peter Stuart, Annetta Zintl, Nathalie Charbonnel   +16 more
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