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Title The Characteristics of Wild Rat (Rattus spp.) Populations from an Inner-City Neighborhood with a Focus on Factors Critical to the Understanding of Rat-Associated Zoonoses
Author Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kirbee L. Parsons, Alice Y. T. Feng, Thomas Kerr, Claire M. Jardine, David M. Patrick
Date 2014-03-19
Description many studies of rat-associated zoonoses do not account for the ecological characteristics of urban rat populations. We conducted a year-long trapping-removal study to describe the ecological characteristics of urban rat populations in an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada. The study focused on factors that might influence the ecology of zoonotic pathogens
Keywords Norway rat, black rat, zoonotic disease, urban, ecology, pathogen
URL http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0091654
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