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Progress on research on rodents and rodent-borne zoonoses in South-east Asia

Kim Blasdell A , Frédéric Bordes B , Kittipong Chaisiri C , Yannick Chaval D , Julien Claude B , Jean-François Cosson D , Alice Latinne B E , Johan Michaux E F , Serge Morand C F G H , Marie Pagès B D and Annelise Tran F
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A CSIRO Biosecurity Flagship, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, 5 Portarlington Road, Geelong, Vic. 3220, Australia.

B Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, CNRS-IRD-UM2, Université de Montpellier 2, F-34093, Montpellier, France.

C Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

D Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Population, INRA, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier sur Lez, France.

E Department of Life Sciences-Conservation Genetics, University of Liège, Liège, 4000, Belgium.

F CIRAD, UR AGIRs, F-34398 Montpellier, France.

G CNRS-CIRAD, Centre d’Infectiologie Christophe Mérieux du Laos, Vientiane, Laos.

H Corresponding author. Email serge.morand@univ-montp2.fr

Wildlife Research 42(2) 98-107 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR14201
Submitted: 19 August 2014  Accepted: 27 January 2015   Published: 30 March 2015

Abstract

This review aims to synthesise knowledge regarding the taxonomy of South-east Asian murine rodents and the challenges associated with the identification of habitat preferences and associated rodent-borne diseases. Recent studies concerning the Rattini tribe have identified unclear species boundaries that would benefit from further investigation. The development of barcoding may allow more accurate identification of rodents, specifically for complex species. However, knowledge on the distribution and habitat specialisations of many common murine rodents is still scarce, particularly regarding the specific habitat preferences of most synanthropic rodent species (Rattus tanezumi or Rattus exulans). Several studies have analysed the prevalence of major rodent-borne diseases in South-east Asia and it appears that the greatest risk of rodent zoonoses are in the lowland rain-fed and irrigated landscapes, generally in and around rice fields.

Additional keywords: barcoding, habitat, phylogeny, Rattini, Rattus.


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