Complete list of mammals zoonosis

RODENTS and RABBITS


Disease	Pathogen	Target Species	Mean of contamination	Zoonotic risk
Lymphocytic Chorioménigitis (LCM)	arenaviruses (Arenaviridae)	mostly hamster	Bite, inhalation, aerosols	+/_
Cowpox	orthopoxvirus (Poxviridae)		bite, scratches	+/_ a breeding in Czech Republic (2013)
Smallpox of the monkey (Monkeypox)	orthopoxvirus (Poxviridae)	Gambian rat (Cricetomys gambianus), prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.)	contact with prairie dogs which where contaminated by imported rodents from Ghana in 2003	- in Europe + in Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)	hantavirus (Bunyaviridae)	Bank vole (Clethhonomys glareolus) some breeding strains of rats	inhalation of dust or infectious aerosols	+/_
Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF)	Lassa virus (Arenaviridae)	African Rat (Mastomys natalensis)	Contact with rat droppings	- in Europe + in West Africa

Disease	Pathogen	Target Species	Mean of contamination	Zoonotic risk
Bordetella	Bordetella bronchiseptica	Rabbit, guinea pig	inhalation	+
Leptospirosis	Leptospira icterohemoragiae	mostly wild rodents	urine	-
Tyzzer's disease	Clostridium piliforme	mice, gerbil	Ingestion of spores spread by healthy carriers rodents	+/_ (immunodepressed people)
Pasteurellosis	Pasteurella mrodentsultocida and P. pneumotropica	all species	Bite, scratch	+
Plague	Yersinia pestis	rat, prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.)	bites, sting by fleas	- in Europe + in USA (Bubonic plague)
Pseudotuberculosis	Yersinia pesudotuberculosis	Guinea pigs, prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.)	oral contamination	+/_
Salmonellosis	Salmonella enterica enterica, S.e.enteritidis, S. typhimurium	hands soiled by the stools of sick rodents	manipulation of frozen mice intended to feed snakes	+/_
Rat-bite fever	Streptobacillus moniliformis	mainly rats, mice, guinea pigs, gerbils, squirrels	bite	+
Streptococcosis	Streptococcus pneumoniae and S.haemolyticus beta group C	rodents	inhalation, contact, bite	+/_
Staphylococcal infections	Staphylococcus spp.	rodents	contac	+/_
Tularemia	Francisella tularensis	Rabbit, hare	skin or eye direct contact	+/_
Other yersiniosis	Yersinia enterolitica	Chinchilla, prairie dog	orally (droppings-to-mouth transmission from infected animals)	+/_
Sodoku	Spirillum morsus muris (S. minus)	Rat	bite	- in Europe + in Japan
Listeriosis	Listeria monocytogenes	Mouse, rat, gerbil	bite, scratch	+/_

Disease	Pathogen	Target Species	Mean of contamination	Zoonotic risk
Ringworm	Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum sp	mainly guinea pig, other rodents and rabbits	Direct contact	+++
Guinea pig scabies	Trixacarus caviae	Guinea pig	Direct contact	+/_
Sarcoptic scabies	Sarcoptes scabiei sp.	Rabbit, guinea pig, prarie dog, hamster	Direct contact	+/_
Notoedricic scabies	Notoedres cati, N.cuniculi Notoedres.muris	Rabbit (guinea pig, hamster) Rat	Direct contact	+/_ +/_
Cheyletiellosis	Cheyletiella parasitivorax	Rabbit, (guinea pig)	Direct contact
Pulicosis (flea bites)	Ctenocephalides canis, C.felis	Rabbit, (rodents)	Direct contact	+/_
Taeniasis	Hymenolepis nana Hymenolepis diminuta	Rat, mouse, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig Rat, mouse, hamster	Ingestion of infective eggs or the intermediate host (flea, beetle)	+/_
Giardiasis	Giardia duodenalis G.muris	Rabbit rodents	fecal-oral pathway	+/_

Disease	Pathogen	Mean of contamination	Zoonotic risk
Viral Zoonosis
Flu	Influenza types A and B	Respiratory tract (inhalation)	++
Rabies	Lyssavirus	Bite, Scratch	-
Avian Flu	Influenza type A H5N1	experimental	-
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)	Coronavirus	experimental	-
Bacterial Zoonosis
Campylobacteriosis	Campylobacter jejuni	fecal-oral pathway	+/_
Pasteurellosis	Pasteurella multocida	Respiratory
Salmonellosis	Salmonella enterica typhimurium, S. e.choleresuis S. e.newport	fecal-oral pathway	+/_
Staphylococcal infections	Streptococcus haemolyticus	Contact, scratch	+/_
Staphylococcal infections	Staphylococcus spp.	Contact	+/_
Tuberculosis	Mycobacterium avium, M. bovis, M. tuberculosis	Digestive pathway	+
Parasitic Zoonoses
Cryptosporidiosis	Cryptosporidium spp.	fecal-oral pathway	+/_
Giardiasis	Giardia intestinalis	fecal-oral pathway
Sarcoptic scabies	Sarcoptes scabiei spp.	direct contact	+/_
Helminthosis	Toxocara cati, T. canis, T. leonina, Ancylostoma spp. Uncinaria spp.	fecal-oral pathway	+/_
Pulicosis (flea bites)	Ctenocephalides canis, C.felis	direct contact	+/_
Ringworm	Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes	direct contact	+/_
Toxoplasmosis	Toxoplasma gondii	fecal-oral pathway	+/_

(From a traduction of a report of the French Veterinarian Academy)