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 and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 349-359

  Himsworth, Chelsea G ^a,b   Parsons, Kirbee L ^a   Jardine, Claire ^c   Patrick, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black rat; Ecology; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Urban; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AEROSOL; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BARTONELLA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYME DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; SEOUL VIRUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CITIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; RISK FACTORS; RODENT DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BARTONELLA; HANTAVIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 84878595947     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1195     Document Type: Review

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