Rodents

All about Hantavirus – links to information about rodent control

Healthy Housing Reference Manual – revision provides information on the impact of housing on health and safety and includes a chapter on disease vectors and pests

Integrated Pest Management: Conducting Urban Rodent Surveys [PDF - 627 KB] – update of the 1974 CDC Urban Rat Surveys manual includes information about integrated pest management (IPM)

Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through Integrated Pest Management: Webcast (originally aired September 18, 2003, 1:00-2:30 p.m.) – Online Webcast provides information for local health authorities to implement integrated pest management

Pictorial Keys to Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of Public Health Significance – pictorial keys used to teach animal identification to personnel (sanitarians, engineers, physicians, veterinarians, etc.) without special training in taxonomy

Rodent Control After a Disaster [PDF - 110 KB] – fact sheet containing recommendations to reduce the risk for disease or personal injury associated with rodents after a disaster

Rodent Control: Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up! – links to information about rodents

Vector Control – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides information and technical assistance on vector control for preventing disease and protecting public health.

What Is Integrated Pest Management? [PDF - 97 KB] – defines the four components of integrated pest management (IPM): inspection, monitoring, treatment, and evaluation

Links to information from outside CDC

Public Health Significance of Urban Pests (World Health Organization) – a new analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of present-day urban pests on health

Zoonotic Disease: Bioterrorism & Beyond (Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness) – three-hour online self-training course that introduces zoonotic disease basics to non-veterinarians and explores zoonotic diseases as potential bioterrorism agents

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