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Plague, tularemia, and leptospirosis have been acquired in the handling and skinning of rodents, rabbits, and carnivores. Humans have usually acquired diseases like Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lyme disease because they have spent time in optimal habitats of disease vectors and hosts.
Diseases carried by rats include, but are not limited too, the following: Bubonic plague â Rats are the primary source of plague infection in human populations. This horrific disease is spread to humans from rats by fleas. It's present in rodents throughout the western United States, and in many other parts of the world (see map).