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Rattus

(rat'ŭs),

The rats, a genus of rodents, family Muridae. Rattus rattus, the black r., is the species most commonly responsible for transmitting plague to humans by means of the flea, Xenopsylla cheopis; it is smaller and darker than the Norwegian, sewer, or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and has longer ears and tail. See: rat.

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Frequency of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Synanthropic and Wild Rodents Captured in a Rural Community in Southeast of Mexico

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Animal used as the research subjects are healthy white rats line SD (Rattus norwegius L.) with the body weight of 200-250 g and aged 2-3 months delivered from Husbandry Department of East Java Province Government.

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rattus is abundant on Desecheo, and this rat is deemed the world's top rodent pest (Capizzi et al.

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