Rodents’ as Public Health Pests: Identification, Surveillance and its Management
Abstract
Rodents’ are considered as an important public health pest due to the carriers of 50% of zoonotic diseases in the animals. The zoonotic cycle with respect to plague, leptospirosis, scrub typhus, CCHF and KFD through rodents’ has always been a matter of concern for the public health professionals. However, there is very little attention being made in the health department at the state level with regard to rodents’’ surveys, their identification and measures to be adopted for the prevention and management of rodents’. There is urgent need to have integrated rodents’ management strategy in place as standard operating procedure in consultation of ministry of agriculture, animal husbandry and ministry of health & family welfare. An attempt has been made in this manuscript to describe some of the important aspects of rodents’ identifications, surveillance tools and tools available for the prevention and control of rodents’ in rural and urban settings.
How to cite this article:
Sharma SN, Singh R, Kumawat R, Singh SK. Rodents’ as Public Health Pests: Identification, Surveillance and its Management. J Commun Dis 2019; 51(4): 47-57.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.201936
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