A 76-year-old man from Canada was hospitalised with a severe bacterial infection after he was bitten by a rat in his bathroom ... the man had an infectious disease called leptospirosis.

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

A young woman has described how a rat climbed up her wheelchair and bit her on the hand in broad daylight in Belfast city ...

Rat-transmitted diseases can be passed to humans through direct contact or breathing in dust contaminated with rat urine or droppings, or via a flea bite from an infected rat, NEA states on its ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It can also spread ...

Rabies: Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite ... Program veterinary staff and the animal facility management staff. Rabies prevention post bite ...

GENE Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died from the rare infectious disease called hantavirus pulmonary ... and less frequently by a bite from an infected host." Dr Sumaiya Shaikh, a Swedish scientist ...

The plague seems like a disease of a distant century, conjuring up the rat-infested cities of medieval ... The plague bacterium is carried to humans in the bite of a flea that has first feasted ...

Hackman had heart disease and complications caused by ... It can also spread through a mice or rat bite or scratch. However, it is less common to get hantavirus from a bite than from rodent ...