Seroprevalence of hantaviruses and Leptospira in muskrat and coypu trappers in the Netherlands, 2016

Figures & data

Table 1. Number of catches of, methods of catching of and weekly contact with muskrats, coypus and brown rats.

	Muskrat	Coypu	Brown rat
Participants with contact	248 (95%)	48 (18%)	232 (89%)
Mean number of catches per month:
* dead rats	17		4
* living rats	2	5	2
Method of catching:
* drown trap	32%	-	33%
* trap	59%	-	49%
* cage – captured alive, shot	6%	89%	15%
* captured alive, stricken dead	3%	11%	3%
Percentage of participants with weekly contact with the concerned rats:
Total	76%	46%	42%
* dead rats	75%		36%
* living rats	12%	44%	14%
* killing of rats	25%	38%	15%
* bite incident rats	1%	4%	<1%
* contact eyes/mucosa with rat urine or blood	13%	21%	8%