Gratz N G, Arata A A
Bull World Health Organ. 1975;52(4-6):697-706.
As elsewhere in the world, rodents are responsible for very considerable economic losses in tropical Africa because of their depredations on both growing crops and stored food products. Unfortunately, few accurate data are available on the extent of these losses but there is evidence that they are considerable. The public health importance of rodents, both as reservoirs and vectors of disease in tropical Africa, is also great; plague, leptospirosis, murine typhus, and Lassa fever are among the diseases associated with rodent hosts. Scientifically based rodent control programmes have been carried out in very few areas of Africa and there is urgent need for studies and demonstrations on rodent control in both urban and rural areas. The problems likely to be encountered are reviewed and methods of control proposed.
与世界其他地方一样，在热带非洲，啮齿动物对正在生长的作物和储存的食品造成严重破坏，从而造成了相当大的经济损失。遗憾的是，关于这些损失程度的准确数据很少，但有证据表明损失巨大。在热带非洲，啮齿动物作为疾病宿主和传播媒介，对公共卫生也具有重大影响；鼠疫、钩端螺旋体病、鼠型斑疹伤寒和拉沙热等疾病都与啮齿动物宿主有关。在非洲很少有地区开展基于科学的啮齿动物控制项目，迫切需要在城乡地区进行啮齿动物控制的研究和示范。本文回顾了可能遇到的问题并提出了控制方法。
