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 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 bronchiseptica |
Rabbit, guinea pig |
inhalation |
+ |
|
Leptospira icterohemoragiae |
mostly wild rodents |
urine |
- | |
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 | +/_ |
Francisella tularensis | Rabbit, hare | skin or eye direct contact | +/_ | |
Other yersiniosis |
Yersinia enterolitica | Chinchilla, prairie dog | orally (droppings-to-mouth transmission from infected animals) | +/_ |
Spirillum morsus muris (S. minus) | Rat | bite |
- in Europe + in Japan |
|
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) |
+/_ |
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 |
- |
Coronavirus |
experimental |
- | |
Bacterial Zoonosis |
|
|
|
Campylobacteriosis |
Campylobacter jejuni |
fecal-oral pathway | +/_ |
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 | +/_ |
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)