Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) are ubiquitous urban pests,
inhabiting cities worldwide. Despite their close association with people, urban rats remain …

Seoul orthohantavirus (SEOV) is not considered a major public health threat on the
continent of Africa. However, Africa is exposed to rodentborne SEOV introduction events …

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that is caused by spirochete bacteria of the genus
Leptospira. Around the world, one million people each year are infected, leading to 60,000 …

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is a globally invasive species that has been widely introduced
across Africa. Within its invasive range in West Africa, R. rattus may compete with the native …

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 …

Based on compiled small mammal trapping data collected over 12 years from Benin and
Niger (3701 individual records from 66 sampling sites), located in mainland Africa, we here …

Abstract Urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) carry several pathogens transmissible to
people. However, pathogen prevalence can vary across fine spatial scales (ie, by city block) …

Human trypanosomoses are the sleeping sickness in Africa and Chagas disease in Latin
America. However, atypical human infections by animal trypanosomes have been …

Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with
Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century respectively. They rapidly …

Seaports are introduction hotspots for invasive alien species (IAS). This is especially true for
rodents, which have accompanied humans around the globe since the earliest days of …