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Public health significance of urban pests
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SYSNO ASEP 0309624 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Birds Title Ptáci Author(s) Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID Source Title Public health significance of urban pests. - Geneva : WHO Press, 2008 / Bonnefoy X. ; Kampen H. ; Sweeney K. - ISBN 978-92-890-7188-8 Pages s. 239-287 Number of pages 49 s. Number of copy 1500 Number of pages 569 Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords birds ; urban ecosystem ; pathogenic microorganisms Subject RIV GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine R&D Projects GA206/03/0726 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) Annotation Some wild urban birds (mainly feral pigeons) cause harm to buildings by their activity and droppings. Their nesting sites can be the source of abundant ectoparasites such as argasid ticks, mites, and fleas that produce allergic reactions in people. Also, certain human pathogenic microorganisms were associated with urban birds: St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile viruses, Chlamydophila psittaci, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Cryptococcus neoformans. Cases of human disease acquired directly from urban birds or from their habitats were reported for some of them. In circumstances of established risk, managing urban bird populations includes: restricting their feeding at public sites; controlling scavenging birds on landfill sites and at harbours (if bird numbers create hygienic problems); and controlling and sanitizing communal roosts of birds in city parks and suburban habitats. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2009
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