| Table 1: Diseases transmitted from Norway rats to man | |||
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| Parasite | Disease of Man | % rats carrying disease | |
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| Helminths | |||
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| Capillaria spp | Capillariasis | 23 | |
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| Toxocara cati | Toxocariasis | 15 | |
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| Hymenolepis nana | Rat tapeworm | 11 | |
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| Bacteria | |||
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| Leptospira spp | Leptospirosis | 14 | |
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| Listeria spp | Listeriosis | 11 | |
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| Yersinia enterocolitica | Yersiniosis | 11 | |
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| Pasteurella spp | Pasteurellosis | 6 | |
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| Pseudomonas spp | Melioidosis | 4 | |
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| Coxiella burnetii (antibodies) | Q Fever | 34 | |
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| Protozoa | |||
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| Cryptosporidium parvum | Cryptosporidiosis | 63 | |
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| Toxoplasma gondii | Toxoplasmosis | 35 | |
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| Virus (antibodies) | |||
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| Hantavirus | Hantaan-fever | 4 | |
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| Adapted from J.P.Webster and D.W.Macdonald (1995), Parasites of wild brown rats, Rattus norvegicus. Parasitology 109: 37-43. | |||