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etumukutenyak) wrote2006-08-14 08:59 pm
etumukutenyak) wrote2006-08-14 08:59 pm
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Chipmunks, Squirrels, and other Ground Rodentia can carry several diseases that affect humans. The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)has been implicated in the lifecycle of the Lyme Disease organism, Borrelia burgdorferi. Many rodents can carry rabies, hantavirus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM), as well as anaplasma species.Many tick-borne diseases are transferred by contact with ground squirrels and chipmunks, including Tick Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia, Relapsing Fever, Ehrlichia (E. chaffeensis), Powassan encephalitis (a flavivirus), and Babesia microti.
Rodents can directly transmit some organisms to humans, through bites; these include Rat-bite Fever (aka Haverhill Fever), Leptospirosis (aka Weil's Disease), and Salmonellosis. Rickettsialpox is another disease that may be transmitted by wild rodents; it's nonpathogenic but needs to be properly diagnosed.
A brief summary of these diseases can be found at the CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/indirect_rodents.htm
We now return you to your fun and games. Just remember: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye -- then it's fun and games without depth perception.
Rodents can directly transmit some organisms to humans, through bites; these include Rat-bite Fever (aka Haverhill Fever), Leptospirosis (aka Weil's Disease), and Salmonellosis. Rickettsialpox is another disease that may be transmitted by wild rodents; it's nonpathogenic but needs to be properly diagnosed.
A brief summary of these diseases can be found at the CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/indirect_rodents.htm
We now return you to your fun and games. Just remember: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye -- then it's fun and games without depth perception.