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Diseases Indirectly Transmitted by Rodents
Disease |
Agent |
Rodent(s) involved |
Vectors |
How the Disease Spreads |
More Information |
Babesiosis |
Parasite |
Deer mice and voles |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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California serogroup viruses (including LaCrosse encephalitis) |
Virus |
Eastern chipmunk and tree squirrel |
Mosquito |
Bite from an infected mosquito. |
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Colorado tick fever |
Virus |
Deer mouse, bushy-tailed woodrat, ground squirrel, porcupine, chipmunk |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
Tick Tips
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis |
Parasite |
Wild woodrat |
Sand fly |
Bite from an infected sand fly. |
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis |
Bacteria |
Deer mouse, dusky-footed woodrat, Mexican woodrat, white-footed mouse |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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Lyme disease |
Bacteria |
Peromyscus spp. (white-footed mouse) in the northeastern and mid-western USA and other rodents (tree squirrel) in the western USA |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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Murine typhus |
Bacteria |
Rats |
Flea or mite |
Bite from an infected flea or mite. Contact of broken skin or wound with infected flea or mite or their droppings.
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Omsk hemorrhagic fever |
Virus |
Muskrat |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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Powassan encephalitis |
Virus |
Marmot, sciurid rodents (squirrel family), groundhog |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick |
Outbreak of Powassan Encephalitis --- Maine and Vermont, 1999--2001 |
Scrub typhus |
Bacteria |
Rats |
Mite |
Bite from an infected mite. |
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Rickettsialpox |
Bacteria |
Mice |
Mite |
Bite from an infected mite. |
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Relapsing fever |
Bacteria |
Wild rodents |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
Bacteria |
Wild rodents |
Tick |
Bite from an infected tick. |
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Sylvatic typhus |
Bacteria |
Flying squirrel |
Flea, mite, louse |
Bite from an infected flea or mite. Contact of broken skin or wound with infected flea, mite, louse or their droppings or inhaling their aerosolized feces.
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Western equine encephalitis |
Virus |
Ground squirrel and snowshoe hare |
Mosquito |
Bite from an infected mosquito. |