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 RODENT DANGERS
RODENTS AS DISEASE VEHICLES
In the past century alone, more than 10 million people have died from rodent-borne diseases. Although rodents are not major threats to our everyday health, it is justified to be concerned over the potential for rodents to transmit diseases. By their very nature and design, rodents make excellent “vehicles” for harboring and rapidly transporting diseases.
Let’s examine WHY ... | | Lyme Disease Description: | Skin lesions, fever, headaches, arthralgias
| Carrier: | All rodents; most commonly deer mice | Mode of Transmission: | Rodent tick bite | Comments: | This is the most common and widespread tick-borne disease in the U.S.
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Salmonella (Food Poisoning) Description: | Causes intestinal disorders | Carrier: | Rats, Mice | Mode of Transmission: | Rodent feces contamination | Comments: | The World Health Organization estimates that 20% of food is destroyed or contaminated every year by rodents |
Rat-Bite Fever Description: | Relapsing fever that may last several months
| Carrier: | Rats, Mice
| Mode of Transmission: | Bacteria in mouth and nose of rodent, transmitted via bite or scratch | Comments: | Occurs worldwide, but is most common in Asia |
Hantavirus Description: | Flu-like symptoms, renal failure, severe respiratory distress
| Carrier: | Various rodents; primarily deer mice | Mode of Transmission: | In feces, urine, body fluids | Comments: | HV outbreak in 1994 resulted in more than 50 death in 17 states. At least 7 different strains of HV have been identified |
Typhus Description: | Fever, headache, rash, respiratory attack | 
| Carrier: | Rats, Mice | Mode of Transmission: | Rat flea bite
| Comments: | Port cities or riverine environments, often serve as havens for rats harboring fleas. |
Plague Description: | Attacks circulatory & respiratory systems | Carrier: | Various rodents | Mode of Transmission: | Rodent flea bite or by handling an infected animal | Comments: | Millions of people in Europe died from plague in the Middle Ages; Plague still occurs in many part of the world |
Pox (Rickettsial)
Description: | Lesion followed by fever, headache, rash
| Carrier: | House Mouse | Mode of Transmission: | Bite of a mite which lives on mice | Comments: | An outbreak of this disease occurred in 1946 in housing developments in New York City which were overrun with mite-infested mice | | |
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