A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico

• Published in: Epidemiology and Infection
• Main Authors: Panti May, J. A., de Andrade, R. R. C., Gurubel González, Y., Palomo Arjona, E., Sodá Tamayo, L., Meza Sulú, J., Ramírez Sierra, M., Dumonteil, E., Vidal Martínez, V. M., Machaín Williams, C., de Oliveira, D., Reis, M. G., Torres Castro, M. A., Robles, Maria del Rosario, Hernández Betancourt, S. F., Costa, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Hymenolepis Diminuta; Leptospira Interrogans; Mexico; Synanthropic Rodents; Trypanosoma Cruzi; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Martínez; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/65415

The house mouse (Mus musculus) and the black rat (Rattus rattus) are reservoir hosts for zoonotic pathogens, several of which cause neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Studies of the prevalence of these NTD-causing zoonotic pathogens, in house mice and black rats from tropical residential areas are...