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Rodent mites are capable of surviving for long periods without feeding and travelling long distances when seeking hosts. [4] Cases have been reported in homes, libraries, [5] hospitals [6] and care homes. [7] A similar condition, known as gamasoidosis, is caused by avian mites. [8]
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus that caused the first known human cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. It occurred within the Four Corners region – the geographic intersection of the U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – of the Southwestern United States in mid-1993.
Rat-bite fever (RBF) is an acute, febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents, in most cases, which is passed from rodent to human by the rodent's urine or mucous secretions. Alternative names for rat-bite fever include streptobacillary fever, streptobacillosis, spirillary fever, bogger, and epidemic arthritic erythema.
These viruses are transmitted primarily through contact with rodents, such as rats and mice. Exposure to their urine, droppings, or saliva can increase the risk of infection. While less common, bites or scratches from infected rodents can also lead to transmission. [11] The manner of transmission is the same for both diseases caused by ...
More than ten genetic types of Leptospira cause disease in humans. [13] Both wild and domestic animals can spread the disease, most commonly rodents. [8] The bacteria are spread to humans through animal urine or feces, or water or soil contaminated with animal urine and feces, coming into contact with the eyes, mouth, nose or breaks in the skin ...
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is one of two potentially fatal syndromes of zoonotic origin caused by species of hantavirus. [2] These include Black Creek Canal virus (BCCV), New York orthohantavirus (NYV), Monongahela virus (MGLV), Sin Nombre orthohantavirus (SNV), and certain other members of hantavirus genera that are native to the United States and Canada.
The disease is usually initially spread to people via contact with the urine or feces of an infected multimammate mouse. [1] Spread can then occur via direct contact between people. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Diagnosis based on symptoms is difficult. [ 1 ]
The coxsackieviruses subsequently were found to cause a variety of infections, including epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), and were subdivided into groups A and B based on their pathology in newborn mice. (Coxsackie A virus causes paralysis and death of the mice, with extensive skeletal muscle necrosis; Coxsackie B causes less severe ...