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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
Rodent(s) involved Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), Cotton rat (Sigmodon Hispidus), Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs Throughout most of North and South America
How the disease spreads • Breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings • Direct contact with rodents or their urine and droppings • Bite wounds, although this does not happen frequently
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Rodent(s) involved Striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), brown or Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), yellow-necked field mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs Primarily in eastern Asia, Russia, Korea, Scandinavia, western Europe, and the Balkans
How the disease spreads • Breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings • Direct contact with rodents or their uring and droppings • Bite wounds, although this does not happen frequently • The disease may spread through direct contact from person to person, but it is extremely rare
Lassa Fever
Rodent(s) involved Multi-mammate rat (Mastomys natalensis species complex)
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs West Africa
How the disease spreads • Breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings • Direct contact with rodents or their urine and droppings • Eating food that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings • Bite wounds, although this does not happen frequently • The disease may spread through direct contact from person to person
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Leptospirosis
Rodent(s) involved Rodents and other animals
Agent Bacteria
Where the disease occurs Worldwide
How the disease spreads • Eating food or drinking water contaminated with urine from infected animals • Contact through the skin or mucous membranes (such as inside the nose) with water or soil that is contaminated with the urine from infected animals
Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
Rodent(s) involved House mouse (Mus musculus)
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs Worldwide
How the disease spreads • Breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings • Direct contact with rodents or their urine and droppings • Bite wounds, although this does not happen frequently
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Rodent(s) involved Muskrats and possibly narrow-skulled voles
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs Western Siberia
How the disease spreads • Direct contact with infected animal • Bite from an infected tick
Plague
Rodent(s) involved Wild rodents, including rock squirrels, prarie dogs, wood rats, fox squirrels and other species of ground squirrels and chipmunks
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Agent Bacteria
Where the disease occurs Western US, South America, Africa, Asia
How the disease spreads • Bite of an infected flea • Direct contact with infected animal
Rat-Bite Fever
Rodent(s) involved Rats and possibly mice
Agent Bacteria
Where the disease occurs Worldwide; Streptobacillus moniliformis in North America and Europe; Spirillum minue in Asia and Africa
How the disease spreads • Bite or scratch wound from an infected rodent, or contact with a dead rodent • Eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated by rat feces.
Salmonellosis
Rodent(s) involved Rats and mice
Agent Bacteria
Where the disease occurs Worldwide
How the disease spreads • Eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated by rat feces
South American Arenaviruses (Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Sabiá-associated hemorrhagic fever, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever) and Tularemia
Rodent(s) involved Cane rat (Zygodontomys brevicauda), drylands vesper mouse, (Calomys musculinus), large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus)
Agent Virus
Where the disease occurs South America: parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil
How the disease spreads • Breathing in dust that is contaminated with rodent urine or droppings
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• Direct contact with rodents or their urine and droppings • Bite wounds, although this does not happen frequently • The disease may rarely spread through direct contact from person to person
Babesiosis
Rodent(s) involved Deer mice and voles
Agent Parasite
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Colorado Tick Fever
Rodent(s) involved Deer mouse, bushy-tailed woodrat, ground squirrel, porcupine, chipmunk
Agent Virus
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Leishmaniasis
Rodent(s) involved Wild woodrat
Agent Parasite
Vectors Sand fly
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected sand fly
Anaplasmosis
Rodent(s) involved Deer mouse, dusky-footed woodrat, Mexican woodrat, white-footed mouse
Agent Bacteria
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Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
La Crosse Encephalitis
Rodent(s) involved Eastern chipmunk and tree squirrel
Agent Virus
Vectors Mosquito
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected mosquito
Lyme Disease
Rodent(s) involved Peromyscus spp. (white-footed mouse) in the northeastern and mid-western USA, and other rodents (tree squirrel) in the western USA
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Murine Typhus
Rodent(s) involved Rats
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Flea or mite
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected flea or mite
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
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Rodent(s) involved Muskrat
Agent Virus
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Powassan Virus
Rodent(s) involved Marmot, sciurid rodents (squirrel family), groundhog
Agent Virus
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Scrub Typhus
Rodent(s) involved Rats
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Mite
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected mite
Rickettsial pox
Rodent(s) involved Mice
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Mite
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected mite
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Relapsing Fever
Rodent(s) involved Wild rodents
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rodent(s) involved Wild rodents
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Tick
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected tick
Sylvatic Typhus, Tularemia, Plague and West Nile Encephalitis
Rodent(s) involved Flying squirrel
Agent Bacteria
Vectors Flea, mite, louse
How the disease spreads • Bite from an infected flea or mite • Contact of broken skin or wound with infected flea, mite, louse or their droppings or inhaling their aerosolized feces
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