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Diseases that can be Spread from Rats to People

  1. Borreliosis

  2. Leptospirosis

  3. Melioidosis

  4. Plague

  5. Rat bite fever

  6. Tularemia

  7. Murine typhus

  8. Hymenolepiasis (rat tapeworm)

  9. Salmonellosis

  10. Ringworm

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