Short Communicaton:Increased Rat Sightings in Urban Slums During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Risk for Rat-Borne Zoonoses

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2021 Mar;21(3):160-161. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2686. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

Authors

Fábio Neves Souza¹, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi¹, Fabiana Almerinda G Palma¹, Mike Begon², Federico Costa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Bahia, UFBA; Institute of Collective Health, Salvador, Brazil.
² Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

PMID: 33175660
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2686

No abstract available

Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; rodent abundance; rodent populations; rodent-borne diseases.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
COVID-19*
Cities
Humans
Physical Distancing
Poverty Areas
Rats*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Zoonoses*