Detection of multiple human enteropathogens in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from an under-resourced neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.

• Main Authors: Lisa K F Lee (Author), Chelsea G Himsworth (Author), Kaylee A Byers (Author), Harveen K Atwal (Author), Gus Gabaldon (Author), Gordon Ritchie (Author), Christopher F Lowe (Author), Nancy Matic (Author), Samuel Chorlton (Author), Linda Hoang (Author), Bruce K Wobeser (Author), Victor Leung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) can carry various human pathogens, and may be involved in pathogen propagation and transmission to humans. From January 31-August 14, 2021, a community outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a occurred among unhoused or poorly housed people in the Downtown East...