Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus) are among the most prolific
and widespread urban pest species in the world. Yet despite their ubiquity, a unified …

This review focuses on reports of hepatitis E virus, hantavirus, rotavirus, coronavirus, and
arenavirus in synanthropic rodents (Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, and Mus musculus) …

Background The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the principal reservoir for leptospirosis in
many urban settings. Few studies have identified markers for rat infestation in slum …

Abstract New York State has nearly 5.3 million buildings, and all of them are vulnerable in
some way to the impacts of climate change. Understanding these impacts is critical, because …

International trade has been favouring the dissemination of a wide suite of invasive alien
species. Upstream prevention through the monitoring of entry points is identified as an …

We analyzed environmental factors that provide food, water and harborage to rodents and
the risk of household rodent infestation in a slum community with a high risk of leptospirosis …

Rodents living alongside humans increases the probability of encounter and also the
transmission of rodent-borne diseases. Singapore's cosmopolitan urban landscape provides …

This article provides analyses of data on the premises infestation by commensal rodents
collected during the 2006 Urban Rodent Survey, in Sao Paulo city, Brazil. A two-stage …

Abstract Rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) are among the most prolific and
widespread urban pest species in the world. However, there is relatively little contemporary …

Domestic rats are the principal reservoir for urban leptospirosis. However, few studies have
identified infestation markers in slums and evaluated their predictivity for leptospirosis risk …