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Autor:
Michael Joseph Lee, Kaylee A Byers, Xiaocong Guo, Lisa K F Lee, Susan M Cox, Chelsea G Himsworth
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 2, p e0296920 (2024)
Rats are an important issue in cities globally. Despite their ubiquity, perceptions and concerns about rats vary with circumstance and the context in which a person interacts with them. Municipal rat management programs are a service to communities a
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4b33256874f84703a57429a3158ebb13
Autor:
Lisa K F Lee, Chelsea G Himsworth, Kaylee A Byers, Harveen K Atwal, Gus Gabaldon, Gordon Ritchie, Christopher F Lowe, Nancy Matic, Samuel Chorlton, Linda Hoang, Bruce K Wobeser, Victor Leung
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 10, p e0011669 (2023)
Urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) can carry various human pathogens, and may be involved in pathogen propagation and transmission to humans. From January 31-August 14, 2021, a community outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a occurred among unh
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/37a7b8dfeded44b183aa908fdf04a918
Autor:
Michael J. Lee, Kaylee A. Byers, Craig Stephen, David M. Patrick, Robert Corrigan, Stefan Iwasawa, Chelsea G. Himsworth
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10 (2022)
To sustainably control urban rat infestations, management efforts need to encompass large areas of urban centers. Therefore, the objective of this review and narrative synthesis was to collate what is known about municipal-scale rat management. We ex
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https://doaj.org/article/02ec5b69bbf546df9616d52ce8f00367
Publikováno v:
BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
Abstract Background The presence of urban rats in the neighbourhood environment may negatively impact the physical and mental health of residents. Our study sought to describe the experiences with, perceptions of, and feelings towards rats and rat co
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/fa01f177070149a0b1d8c03adcf92afb
Autor:
Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers, Champika Fernando, Laura Speerin, Michael J. Lee, Janet E. Hill
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 7 (2020)
Urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) are a reservoir for Bartonella spp. - a genus of zoonotic bacteria transmitted by hematophagous vectors, particularly fleas. Rats and fleas may be infected with more than one Bartonella species; however, mixed in
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/be39858d689f4bee99f00b29e8c45979
Autor:
Michael J. Lee, Kaylee A. Byers, Christina M. Donovan, Julie J. Bidulka, Craig Stephen, David M. Patrick, Chelsea G. Himsworth
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 356-360 (2018)
We found that lethal, urban rat control is associated with a significant increase in the odds that surviving rats carry Leptospira interrogans. Our results suggest that human interventions have the potential to affect and even increase the prevalence
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https://doaj.org/article/e456c88e5d3c46d18270f9f23e6ae61c
Autor:
Maureen H. Murray, Jacqueline Buckley, Kaylee A. Byers, Kimberly Fake, Elizabeth W. Lehrer, Seth B. Magle, Christopher Stone, Holly Tuten, Christopher J. Schell
Publikováno v:
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 53:403-426
We are facing interwoven global threats to public health and ecosystem function that reveal the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. These challenges are especially pressing in cities, where social-ecological interactions are pron
Publikováno v:
Urban Ecosystems. 26:223-232
Autor:
Maureen H. Murray, Kaylee A. Byers, Jacqueline Buckley, Elizabeth W. Lehrer, Cria Kay, Mason Fidino, Seth B. Magle, Danielle German
Publikováno v:
Urban Ecosystems. 26:127-140
Reduced human activity to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by reports of unusual wildlife sightings in highly developed areas. Such experiences with urban nature may have helped residents cope with the stress of the pandem
Autor:
Kaylee A, Byers, Michael J, Lee, Janet E, Hill, Champika, Fernando, Laura, Speerin, Christina M, Donovan, David M, Patrick, Chelsea G, Himsworth
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28:1659-1663
We investigated the effects of culling on Bartonella spp. bacteria carriage among urban rats in Canada. We found that the odds of Bartonella spp. carriage increased across city blocks except those in which culling occurred. Removing rats may have pre