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All about Hantavirus – links to information about rodent control
Healthy Housing Reference Manual – revision provides information on the impact of housing on health and safety and includes a chapter on disease vectors and pests
Integrated Pest Management: Conducting Urban Rodent Surveys [PDF 627 KB] – update of the 1974 CDC Urban Rat Surveys manual includes information about integrated pest management (IPM)
Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through Integrated Pest Management: Webcast (originally aired September 18, 2003, 1:00-2:30 p.m.) – Online Webcast provides information for local health authorities to implement integrated pest management
Pictorial Keys to Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of Public Health Significance – pictorial keys used to teach animal identification to personnel (sanitarians, engineers, physicians, veterinarians, etc.) without special training in taxonomy
Rodent Control After a Disaster [PDF 110 KB] – fact sheet containing recommendations to reduce the risk for disease or personal injury associated with rodents after a disaster
Rodent Control: Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up! – links to information about rodents
Vector Control – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides information and technical assistance on vector control for preventing disease and protecting public health.
What Is Integrated Pest Management? [PDF 97 KB] – defines the four components of integrated pest management (IPM): inspection, monitoring, treatment, and evaluation
Public Health Significance of Urban Pests [external link] (World Health Organization) – a new analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of present-day urban pests on health