Rodent borne zoonoses: A brief review

Rodents are the most abundant and diversified order of living mammals in world. Since middle ages they known to contribute human diseases, eg. black rats associated with distribution plague. In modern times also rodents form a threat for public health number pathogens directly or indirectly transmitted by rodents. Of 2277 extant rodent species, 217 species reservoirs harboring 66 zoonoses caused viruses, bacteria, fungi, helminths, protozoa play major role their transmission spread different ways. Among important diseases terms salmonellosis, plague, leptospirosis, leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis, rat-bit fever, taeniasis-like Capillaria hepatica, zoonotic babesiosis, Lassa hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome (HFRS), hantavirus cardiopulmonary (HCPS). addition, Arenaviruses responsible South American Hemorrhagic Fevers (SAHF). may harbor complex such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis microti, Escherichia coli, agents Tularemia, Tick-borne relapsing Bartonellosis, Listeriosis, Lyme disease, Q Ehrlichiosis others. Recent changes global climate ecosystem composition led rodent-borne globally. Rodent control rural environments relies mainly on use rodenticides. Other management methods which can be applied trapping, habitat (e.g., proofing, sanitation), biocontrol wild domestic predators, pathogens).