Background Rodents are reservoirs and hosts for several zoonotic diseases such as plague,
leptospirosis, and leishmaniasis. Rapid development of industry and agriculture, as well as …

From the perspective of ecology of zoonotic pathogens, the role of the Old World rats of the
genus Rattus is exceptional. The review analyzes specific characteristics of rats that …

Background Leptospirosis is the most common bacterial zoonoses and has been identified
as an important emerging global public health problem in Southeast Asia. Rodents are …

Interest in bat-borne diseases and parasites has grown in the past decade over concerns for
human health. However, the drivers of parasite diversity among bat host species are …

In this study, we report the potential rodent-borne zoonotic helminths in wild-caught murid
rodents from four categorized habitats—forest, nonflooded land, irrigated land, and human …

We tested how habitat structure and fragmentation affect the spatial distribution of common
murine rodents inhabiting human‐dominated landscapes in South‐East Asia. The spatial …

Worldwide, Leptospira infection poses an increasing public health problem. In 2008,
leptospirosis was recognised as a re-emerging zoonosis of global importance with South …

Urbanization has paved the way for the spread of commensal rodents at global scale.
However, it is largely unknown how these species use tropical anthropogenic landscapes …

Background Predicting habitats prone to favor disease transmission is challenging due to
confounding information on habitats, reservoirs, and diseases. Comparative analysis, which …

The relationship between land use structures and occurrence of the scrub typhus agent,
Orientia tsutsugamushi, in small wild mammals was investigated in three provinces of …