Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;24(2):356-360. doi: 10.3201/eid2402.171371.
We found that lethal, urban rat control is associated with a significant increase in the odds that surviving rats carry Leptospira interrogans. Our results suggest that human interventions have the potential to affect and even increase the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens within rat populations.
我们发现,致命的城市鼠类控制措施与幸存老鼠携带问号钩端螺旋体的几率显著增加有关。我们的结果表明,人类干预有可能影响甚至增加鼠类种群中动物源性病原体的流行率。