Question By: Humans seem to have an instinctive aversion to rats and mice. No surprise, given that wild rodents pose an extreme health risk to people. From the Black Death to the hantavirus, rodents have played a role in spreading some hazardous diseases.
However, rodents pose a much less significant risk because of improved sanitation procedures than they once did. That has led people to wrongly assume that rats and mice are not a health risk. However, they remain very dangerous.
Diseases directly transmitted by rodents include:
Hantavirus
The Sin Nombre Hantavirus was first recognized in 1993 in the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah), but is now found primarily in the western United States. This virus is carried by the deer and white-footed mouse and the cotton and rice rat. Hantavirus includes a group of viruses that can sicken humans and cause kidney, blood, or respiratory ailments, as well as fatality in some cases. While it is relatively rare, it is very serious and unpredictable.
Rat Bite Fever
Rat fever or Leptospirosis is a rare bacterial infection caused by contact with an infected rodent's urine, feces, or mucous secretions. The disease spreads as the person comes in connection with the secretions from the mouth, eyes, and nose of the animal but in most cases, it is due to being bitten or scratched by the rodents.
Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis is a type of food poisoning spread by rodent feces, especially through the consumption of contaminated food. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain.
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