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Chapter 9 : Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat
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James G. Fox1
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1: Division of Comparative Medicine, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
Content Type: Monograph
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2016
Category: Clinical Microbiology
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10.1128/9781555819231
Chapter DOI:
10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
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Numerous methods have been used by countless countries attempting to eradicate the rat, but it continues to successfully colonize both urban and rural settings on a global level. One novel approach first introduced in Asia and Europe and then in the United States was the use of domestic ferrets for rodent control.
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
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Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.fig9-1
Figure 1
Infected finger of a child with monkeypox (Marshfield, WI, index case). The patient was bitten by a prairie dog on 27 May 2003; the primary inoculation site was the right index finger. The photo was taken 14 days after the prairie dog bite (11 days after the onset of febrile illness [hospital day 5]). Courtesy of Kurt Reed, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI.
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Figure 1
Infected finger of a child with monkeypox (Marshfield, WI, index case). The patient was bitten by a prairie dog on 27 May 2003; the primary inoculation site was the right index finger. The photo was taken 14 days after the prairie dog bite (11 days after the onset of febrile illness [hospital day 5]). Courtesy of Kurt Reed, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI.
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.fig9-2
Figure 2
Eschar on posterior right calf of patient with rickettsialpox. Reprinted from Krusell A, Comer JA, Sexton DJ. 2002. Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report. Emerg Infect Dis 8:727–728.
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Figure 2
Eschar on posterior right calf of patient with rickettsialpox. Reprinted from Krusell A, Comer JA, Sexton DJ. 2002. Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report. Emerg Infect Dis 8:727–728.
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.fig9-3
Figure 3
Tropical rat mite dermatitis. Note the three bites, referred to as “breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
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Figure 3
Tropical rat mite dermatitis. Note the three bites, referred to as “breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
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Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
TABLE 1
Clinical signs of rat-bite fever a
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.tab9-2
TABLE 2
Summary of common zoonotic pathogens associated with Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in urban centers a
TABLE 2
Summary of common zoonotic pathogens associated with Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in urban centers a
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.tab9-3
TABLE 3
Selected ectoparasites of rodents with zoonotic potential a
TABLE 3
Selected ectoparasites of rodents with zoonotic potential a
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015
/content/10.1128/9781555819231.chap9.tab9-4
TABLE 4
Reports of Ornithonyssus bacoti–induced dermatitis in humans in the United States from 1931 through 2008
TABLE 4
Reports of Ornithonyssus bacoti–induced dermatitis in humans in the United States from 1931 through 2008
Citation:
Fox J.
2016.
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat,
p 201-226.
In
Schlossberg D (ed),
Infections of Leisure, Fifth Edition.
ASM Press, Washington, DC.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0015-2015