Dura Tech Pest Control

Residential Integrated Pest Management Services

North Shore Boston Pest Control

Diseases & Conditions Caused by Pests

Recorded Conditions

(Possible Under Certain Conditions)

NOTE: This information is provided as a customer service and is intended to make you aware of the potential risks of pest contact with humans, pets, and livestock. It is not intended to frighten you or cause panic.  Please contact your health care professional if you have any questions about symptoms related to these (or other) diseases.

Shown are conditions that have occurred and those that may occur under favorable conditions.

Pest

Disease

Spread by

Norway Rats/Roof Rats

Murine Typhus

Rat flea bites

Norway Rats

Weils Disease

Rat urine

Rats

Rat-Bite Fever

Rat bite saliva

Mice

Rickettsial Pox

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis

Parasite mites

Mouse saliva, urine, and feces

Deer Mice/White Footed Mice

Hantavirus
Lyme Disease (from ticks)

Mouse droppings; urine; saliva
Tick bites

Ticks (Chipmunks are considered the main carrier of deer ticks, and they can also be carried by Deer Mice)

Lyme Disease
Babesiosis

Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis

Tick bites
Bites from infected rodents, etc.

Mosquitoes

Eastern Encephalitis,
Eastern Seacoast,
West Nile Virus

Mosquito bites

Flies
Flies are a major transmitter of diseases.
Read more about flies.

Hepatitis, E. Coli, tapeworm, staph, salmonella

Contact with food, etc.


For More Information on Pest-Borne Diseases

The State of Massachusetts operates an Arborvirus Information web site. Two different arboviruses found in Massachusetts are West Nile virus (WNV) and eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE). That site discusses both.

Quarterly Residential Service

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Products, Equipment & Experience to Get the Job Done

Why NOT to Do it Yourself

You could expose yourself to pest-borne diseases or injury atttempting to control pests yourself without the knowledge, products and equipment to get the job done right. As a licensed Massachusetts pest control operator:

  • I have access to products home centers don't sell.

  • I know what pests eat and where they live.

  • I know what's safe and what's not safe.

  • I know how to get and KEEP annoying pests under control.

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Get a FREE Treatment for any covered pest on our list ALONG WITH A FREE ONE-YEAR WARRANTY when you purchase an Advance Termite Bait System installation from Dura Tech. Valid April 1st 2008 through November 1st 2008 only.

The Advance Termite Bait System is a safer, greener and more efficient way to eliminate termite colonies once you have them and provides a reliable termite monitoring system even if they aren't yet present.

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