The global problem of rodents and rodent-borne diseases: the risks for public health and people’s livelihoods
Update: 2012-04-05
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Rodents are the most successful mammals and some species can cause serious agricultural and health problems for people. Rodents are reservoirs or intermediate hosts of more than 60 diseases – including leptospirosis, typhus, viral hemorrhagic fevers, toxoplasmosis, and bubonic plague – which can be transmitted by living in close contact with human populations, their farm animals or pets. The incidence of some those diseases have been rising due to climate change, agricultural changes, and natural disasters. Furthermore, rodents affect people’s livelihoods, especially in developing countries, by damaging and consuming vast amounts of crops. It has been estimated that an additional180 million people could be fed each year by reducing rodent damage in rice fields in Asia by 5%. This seminar will review key aspects of the global problem associated with rodent-borne diseases and report highlights of research being done in the ecology and epidemiology of leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, and hantavirus infection in Chile.
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