Metal phosphides, particularly aluminium phosphide (AlP) and zinc phosphide (Zn3P2), are
widely used in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) as rodenticides in urban and …

To sustainably control urban rat infestations, management efforts need to encompass large
areas of urban centers. Therefore, the objective of this review and narrative synthesis was to …

Residents of urban slums suffer from a high burden of zoonotic diseases due to individual,
socioeconomic, and environmental factors. We conducted a cross-sectional sero-survey in …

Rodents are notorious pests, known for transmitting major public health diseases and
causing agricultural and economic losses. The lack of site-specific and national …

Abstract The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a key pest species globally and responsible
for seasonal outbreaks of the zoonotic bacterial disease leptospirosis in the tropics. The city …

Synanthropic rodents are ubiquitous in low-income communities and pose risks for human
health, as they are generally resistant to control programs. However, few or no studies have …

Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) living in urban environments are a critical public health and
economic problem, particularly in urban slums where residents are at a higher risk for rat …

Introduction: Rodents are troublesome urban pests, with potentially serious health
implications. Preventive efforts require greater understanding of social contexts in which …

Leptospirosis is an environmentally transmitted zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic
Leptospira spp. that affects poor communities worldwide. In urban slums, leptospirosis is …

Abstract Three species of Rattus, Norway rat (R. norvergicus), black rat (R. rattus) and Asian
house rat (R. tanezumi) are currently known to occur in South Africa. The latter two species …