Rats, cities, people, and pathogens: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of literature regarding the ecology of rat-associated zoonoses in urban centers CG Himsworth, KL Parsons, C Jardine, DM Patrick Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 13 (6), 349-359, 2013 | 417 | 2013 |
The secret life of the city rat: a review of the ecology of urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) AYT Feng, CG Himsworth Urban Ecosystems 17, 149-162, 2014 | 339 | 2014 |
Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) EE Puckett, J Park, M Combs, MJ Blum, JE Bryant, A Caccone, F Costa, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences 283 (1841), 20161762, 2016 | 182 | 2016 |
Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada CG Himsworth, J Bidulka, KL Parsons, AYT Feng, P Tang, CM Jardine, ... PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7 (6), e2270, 2013 | 144 | 2013 |
Rats about town: a systematic review of rat movement in urban ecosystems KA Byers, MJ Lee, DM Patrick, CG Himsworth Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 13, 2019 | 119 | 2019 |
The Characteristics of Wild Rat (Rattus spp.) Populations from an Inner-City Neighborhood with a Focus on Factors Critical to the Understanding of Rat-Associated … CG Himsworth, CM Jardine, KL Parsons, AYT Feng, DM Patrick PloS one 9 (3), e91654, 2014 | 119 | 2014 |
Development of cpn60-Based Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assays for the Detection of 14 Campylobacter Species and Application to Screening of Canine Fecal … B Chaban, KM Musil, CG Himsworth, JE Hill Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (10), 3055-3061, 2009 | 106 | 2009 |
Emergence of sylvatic Echinococcus granulosus as a parasitic zoonosis of public health concern in an indigenous community in Canada CG Himsworth, E Jenkins, JE Hill, M Nsungu, M Ndao, RCA Thompson, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 82 (4), 643, 2010 | 79 | 2010 |
Urban rat races: spatial population genomics of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) compared across multiple cities M Combs, KA Byers, BM Ghersi, MJ Blum, A Caccone, F Costa, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1880), 20180245, 2018 | 77 | 2018 |
Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) CG Himsworth, RR Miller, V Montoya, L Hoang, MG Romney, ... PLoS One 9 (2), e87983, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
Multiple zoonotic pathogens identified in canine feces collected from a remote Canadian indigenous community CG Himsworth, S Skinner, B Chaban, E Jenkins, BA Wagner, NJ Harms, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 83 (2), 338, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
Carriage of Clostridium difficile by wild urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus) CG Himsworth, DM Patrick, S Mak, CM Jardine, P Tang, JS Weese Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (4), 1299-1305, 2014 | 63 | 2014 |
Prevalence and characteristics of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in the feces of wild urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) from an inner-city … CG Himsworth, E Zabek, A Desruisseau, EJ Parmley, R Reid-Smith, ... Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51 (3), 589-600, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
An Investigation of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia typhi, and Seoul Hantavirus in Rats (Rattus spp.) from an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada: Is … CG Himsworth, Y Bai, MY Kosoy, H Wood, A DiBernardo, R Lindsay, ... Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 15 (1), 21-26, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
Using experiential knowledge to understand urban rat ecology: a survey of Canadian pest control professionals CG Himsworth, AYT Feng, K Parsons, T Kerr, DM Patrick Urban Ecosystems 16, 341-350, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways TN Alkie, S Lopes, T Hisanaga, W Xu, M Suderman, J Koziuk, M Fisher, ... Virus evolution 8 (2), veac077, 2022 | 53 | 2022 |
“They’re always there”: resident experiences of living with rats in a disadvantaged urban neighbourhood KA Byers, SM Cox, R Lam, CG Himsworth BMC Public Health 19, 1-13, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
A mixed methods approach to exploring the relationship between Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) abundance and features of the urban environment in an inner-city neighborhood of … CG Himsworth, KL Parsons, AYT Feng, T Kerr, CM Jardine, DM Patrick PLoS One 9 (5), e97776, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
Effects of culling on Leptospira interrogans carriage by rats MJ Lee, KA Byers, CM Donovan, JJ Bidulka, C Stephen, DM Patrick, ... Emerging infectious diseases 24 (2), 356, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
Pet ownership, other domestic relationships, and satisfaction with life among seniors: Results from a Canadian national survey CG Himsworth, M Rock Anthrozoös 26 (2), 295-305, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |