Rodent trapping studies as an overlooked information source for understanding endemic and novel zoonotic spillover.

Rodents, a diverse, globally distributed and ecologically important order of mammals are nevertheless important reservoirs of known and novel zoonotic pathogens. Ongoing anthropogenic land use change is altering these species' abundance and distribution, which among zoonotic host species may in...

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Main Authors: David Simons, Lauren A Attfield, Kate E Jones, Deborah Watson-Jones, Richard Kock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010772