"I don't feel safe sitting in my own yard": Chicago resident experiences with urban rats during a COVID-19 stay-at-home order

• Autores principales: Maureen H. Murray (Autor), Kaylee A. Byers (Autor), Jacqueline Buckley (Autor), Seth B. Magle (Autor), Dorothy Maffei (Autor), Preeya Waite (Autor), Danielle German (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Abstract Background Encounters with rats in urban areas increase risk of human exposure to rat-associated zoonotic pathogens and act as a stressor associated with psychological distress. The frequency and nature of human-rat encounters may be altered by social distancing policies to mitigate the COV...