ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2018
Rodent-borne diseases and their public health importance in Iran.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Global Status ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2020Pooled it
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- Rodent-Borne Parasites and Human Disease: A Growing Public Health Concern.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
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- Intestinal parasites in rodents from five different Himas in Lebanon.Helminthologia · 2025Article
- Molecular and serological survey of Brucella spp. among rodents in western Iran.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- A TaqMan probe-based multiplex real-time quantitative pcr for simultaneous detection of kobuvirus, parechovirus B, rosavirus B, and hunnivirus carried by murine rodents and shrews.Virology journal · 2025Article
- Virome landscape of wild rodents and shrews in Central China.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Fatal toxoplasmosis in Coendou spinosus from Southern Brazil: clinical, pathological, and genotype findings.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2025Article
- Assessing the diversity of zoonotic bacterial agents in rodents and small mammals in Iran.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Herd and animal level seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Leptospira interrogans sensu lato serovar Hardjo in cattle in southwest Ethiopia.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Helminthofauna Diversity in Synanthropic Rodents of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy): Implications for Public Health and Rodent Control.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Toxoplasma gondii infection affects the complete blood count and disturbs the markers of oxidative stress from the vital organs of wild rodents.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundRodents are reservoirs and hosts for several zoonotic diseases such as plague, leptospirosis, and leishmaniasis. Rapid development of industry and agriculture, as well as climate change throughout the globe, has led to change or increase in occurrence of rodent-borne diseases. Considering the distribution of rodents throughout Iran, the aim of this review is to assess the risk of rodent-borne diseases in Iran. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING: We searched Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Magiran databases up to September 2016 to obtain articles reporting occurrence of rodent-borne diseases in Iran and extract information from them. Out of 70 known rodent-borne diseases, 34 were reported in Iran: 17 (50%) parasitic diseases, 13 (38%) bacterial diseases, and 4 (12%) viral diseases. Twenty-one out of 34 diseases were reported from both humans and rodents. Among the diseases reported in the rodents of Iran, plague, leishmaniasis, and hymenolepiasis were the most frequent. The most infected rodents were Rattus norvegicus (16 diseases), Mus musculus (14 diseases), Rattus rattus (13 diseases), Meriones persicus (7 diseases), Apodemus spp. (5 diseases), Tatera indica (4 diseases), Meriones libycus (3 diseases), Rhombomys opimus (3 diseases), Cricetulus migratorius (3 diseases), and Nesokia indica (2 diseases). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The results of this review indicate the importance of rodent-borne diseases in Iran. Considering notable diversity of rodents and their extensive distribution throughout the country, it is crucial to pay more attention to their role in spreading infectious diseases for better control of the diseases.
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