New York City is struggling with a record-breaking outbreak of a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection spread through exposure to rat urine, according to a recent report from the city ...

A 76-year-old man from Canada was hospitalised with a severe bacterial infection after he was bitten by a rat in his bathroom. He found the rodent in his toilet bowl and while trying to remove it ...

MEDLINE 5. Becker C, Kurth A, Hessler F, et al.: Cowpox virus infection in pet rat owners—not always immediately recognized [Kuhpocken bei Haltern von Farbratten: Ein nicht immer sofort ...

Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic viral infection spread by rats in West Africa, according to Edward Liu, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

In the meantime, Campe et al have published an article in Emerging Infectious Diseases about the transmission of cowpox from rats to humans in the Munich area (2). Human to human transmission has ...

including rest, hydration and treating the virus' symptoms, is also recommended. There are currently no vaccines to prevent becoming infected with the Lassa virus. If someone is traveling to West ...