More Info on Mice and Rats
Rodents can pose a serious threat to human health and can transmit disease to humans by a variety of means, including:
- Contamination of food or utensils with rodent urine or faeces.
- Contamination by direct contact with urine or faeces, where bacteria enter the skin through small scratches.
- Indirect contamination via blood-sucking insects (i.e. ectoparasites such as fleas).
- Indirect contamination via pets to humans.
- Contamination by directly biting humans.
- Indirect contamination by being eaten by an intermediate carrier.
The presence of rats the mice in buildings pose a serious threat to human health. The disease threat alone is justifiable cause for concern and for the implementation of sound control procedures.