| distribution of rodenticide resistance and zoonotic pathogens in norway rats in lower saxony and hamburg, germany. | genetically based resistance to anticoagulants has led to increasing difficulties in the control of rodents over recent decades. the possible impact of rodenticide-resistant rats on the infection risk of humans and livestock by zoonotic pathogens is generally unknown. hence, in a monitoring programme in the german federal states of lower saxony and hamburg, more than 500 norway rats were analysed for both tyr139cys polymorphisms within the vkorc1 gene and zoonotic agents. | 2013 | 22888034 |