Upsurge of Rodents' Population in a Rural Area of Northeastern Iran Raised Concerns about Rodent-borne Diseases

• Main Authors: Ahmad Ghasemi (Author), Saber Esmaeili (Author), Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki (Author), Hamed Hanifi (Author), Zeinolabedin Mohammadi (Author), Ahmad Mahmoudi (Author), Mahdi Rohani (Author), Ehsan Mostafavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Rodents are the primary source of several zoonotic infectious diseases. The upsurge of rodents' population in Najaf Abad Village of Nishapur County, northeastern Iran in February 2014 raised the concerns about the outbreak of diseases such as plague and tularemia. This report disc...