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Disease
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Agent
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Rodent(s) involved
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Vectors
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How the Disease
Spreads
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More Information
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Babesiosis
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Parasite
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Deer mice and voles
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Babesia
Infection
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California serogroup
viruses (including LaCrosse
encephalitis)
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Virus
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Eastern chipmunk and tree
squirrel
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Mosquito
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Bite from an infected
mosquito.
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Arboviral
Encephalitides
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Colorado tick fever
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Virus
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Deer mouse, bushy-tailed
woodrat, ground squirrel,
porcupine, chipmunk
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Tick
Tips
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis
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Parasite
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Wild woodrat
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Sand fly
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Bite from an infected sand
fly.
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Leishmania
Infection
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Human granulocytic
anaplasmosis
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Bacteria
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Deer mouse, dusky-footed
woodrat, Mexican woodrat,
white-footed mouse
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Human
Ehrlichiosis in the United
States
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Lyme disease
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Bacteria
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Peromyscus spp.
(white-footed mouse) in the
northeastern and mid-western
USA and other rodents (tree
squirrel) in the western USA
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Lyme
Disease
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Murine typhus
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Bacteria
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Rats
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Flea or mite
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Bite from an infected flea
or mite.
Contact of broken skin or
wound with infected flea or
mite or their droppings.
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Rickettsial
Infections
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Omsk hemorrhagic fever
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Virus
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Muskrat
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Powassan encephalitis
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Virus
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Marmot, sciurid rodents
(squirrel family), groundhog
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick
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Outbreak
of Powassan Encephalitis ---
Maine and Vermont, 1999--2001
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Scrub typhus
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Bacteria
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Rats
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Mite
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Bite from an infected mite.
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Rickettsial
Infections
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Rickettsialpox
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Bacteria
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Mice
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Mite
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Bite from an infected mite.
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Rickettsial
Infections
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Relapsing fever
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Bacteria
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Wild rodents
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Relapsing
Fever
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Rocky Mountain spotted
fever
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Bacteria
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Wild rodents
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever
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Sylvatic typhus
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Bacteria
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Flying squirrel
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Flea, mite, louse
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Bite from an infected flea
or mite.
Contact of broken skin or
wound with infected flea,
mite, louse or their droppings
or inhaling their aerosolized
feces.
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Rickettsial
Infections
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Western equine encephalitis
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Virus
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Ground squirrel and
snowshoe hare
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Mosquito
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Bite from an infected
mosquito.
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Western
Equine Encephalitis
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