A new study identifies raccoon dogs, civet cats, and bamboo rats as potential intermediate hosts for COVID-19 at Wuhan's ...

Nigeria is exterminating rats in an effort to contain a deadly virus that causes bleeding from the eyes in humans. The Lassa fever, which is spread by the rodents, has killed 85 people in Nigeria ...

After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

Scientists have identified racoon dogs, civet cats, and bamboo rats as potential animals that may have spread COVID-19 to ...

Rats have horrifyingly been running between children's feet as they play in the park in one of the areas of this Spanish city ...

A University of Arizona scientist is a co-author in an international study that has zeroed in on a short list of animals from ...

Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood Market supports hypothesis that the COVID pandemic spread from animals there.

A 56-year-old man from Hong Kong has developed the world's first human case of rat hepatitis E. Researchers say it is unclear how the man contracted the virus, but refuse bins outside his home ...

The rat serologic panel includes rat parvovirus (RPV), Toolan H-1 virus (H-1), Kilham rat virus (KRV), rat minute virus (RMV), parvovirus nonstructural protein 1 (NS-1), sialodacryoadenitis virus ...

It is a zoonotic virus capable of infecting several animal species, including the Gambian rat, the striped African squirrel and the red-legged sun squirrel, species of African tree-dwelling ...

1. Becker C, Kurth A, Hessler F: Cowpox virus infection in pet rat owners—not always immediately recognized [Kuhpocken bei Haltern von Farbratten: Ein nicht immer sofort erkanntes Krankheitsbild].