ArticleEpidemiology and infection2013
A survey of rodent-borne pathogens carried by wild Rattus spp. in Northern Vietnam.
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- Studies on prevalence of Hantavirus in small mammals in Southeast Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Viral pathogens in urban rats: A one health systematic review of global surveillance evidence.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Molecular Detection and Genotyping of PathogenicMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Orthohantavirus seoulense as a cause of acute, dengue-negative febrile illness in southern Vietnam.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025Article
- Wildlife Pathogens and Zoonotic Disease Risk Assessment in Vietnam: A Wildlife Trade Hotspot.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Review
- A case-control study of agricultural and behavioral factors associated with leptospirosis in Vietnam.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
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- Leptospira infection in rats: A literature review of global prevalence and distribution.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
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- Prevalence of Leptospira Infection in Rodents from Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Detection of serum antibodies againstVeterinary world · 2019Article
- Hiding in Plain Sight? It's Time to Investigate Other Possible Transmission Routes for Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Developed Countries.Food and environmental virology · 2018Review
- Evidence of infection with Leptospira interrogans and spotted fever group rickettsiae among rodents in an urban area of Osaka City, Japan.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2017Article
- Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Scrub Typhus and Murine Typhus among Hospitalized Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Fever in Northern Vietnam.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2015Article
- How important are rats as vectors of leptospirosis in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam?Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Host immune status and response to hepatitis E virus infection.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2014Review
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Abstract
To examine the prevalence of human pathogens carried by rats in urban areas in Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, we live-trapped 100 rats in January 2011 and screened them for a panel of bacteria and viruses. Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans (22·0%), Seoul virus (14·0%) and rat hepatitis E virus (23·0%) were detected in rats, but antibodies against Yersinia pestis were not detected. Antibodies against L. interrogans and Seoul virus were found only in adult rats. In contrast, antibodies to rat hepatitis E virus were also found in juvenile and sub-adult rats, indicating that the transmission mode of rat hepatitis E virus is different from that of L. interrogans and Seoul virus. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses of the S and M segments of Seoul viruses found in Rattus norvegicus showed that Seoul viruses from Hai Phong and Hanoi formed different clades. Human exposure to these pathogens has become a significant public health concern.
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