2006-08-28 18:28:13 · 10 answers · asked by JAMES 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Ina ddition to the answers of far add:
Murine typhus
Toxoplasmosis
Salmonella
2006-08-28 18:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rodents carry salmonella. That is why we advise customers not to(or) let children kiss or hold hamsters, pet rats, gerbils, etc, next to the face. It is also advisable to have a product like
Germ X nearby, don't let children 5 and under handle rodents and to always wash with soap and water.
2006-08-29 01:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rickettsia typhi- causes Murine typhus, Congolian red fever, red fever, endemic typhus, flea-borne typhus
salmonella typhi- causes Salmonellosis or typhoid
Yerisella pestis- causes plague
Cordylobia anthropophaga- causes a boil-like furuncular myiasis
Trypanosoma cruzi- causes South American trypanosomiasis
Leptospira interrogans-acquired by contact with the urine of infected rats;
Hantavirus- virus is spread by deer mice
Toxoplasmosis is caused by cats and dogs and not rats
2006-08-29 05:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by Dr.Gagan Saini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can harbor all kinds of nasty things and the fleas they cary too! One of the worst things is the hanta (sp?) virus. It killed a couple of farm workers here a few years ago.
2006-08-29 01:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by RoZ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Black Plague
2006-08-29 01:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by conundrum_dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
micious germs
2006-08-29 01:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
plage virus
2006-08-29 02:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
many kind, one of them is typus
2006-08-29 01:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by ooowen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hantavirus
2006-08-29 01:33:30 · answer #9 · answered by latina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bubonic plague...
2006-08-29 01:33:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋