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Category: Clinical Microbiology
Diseases Transmitted by Man’s Worst Friend: the Rat, Page 1 of 2
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Tropical rat mite dermatitis. Note the three bites, referred to as “breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
Tropical rat mite dermatitis. Note the three bites, referred to as “breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
Clinical signs of rat-bite fever a
Summary of common zoonotic pathogens associated with Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in urban centers a
Summary of common zoonotic pathogens associated with Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in urban centers a
Selected ectoparasites of rodents with zoonotic potential a
Selected ectoparasites of rodents with zoonotic potential a
Reports of Ornithonyssus bacoti–induced dermatitis in humans in the United States from 1931 through 2008
Reports of Ornithonyssus bacoti–induced dermatitis in humans in the United States from 1931 through 2008