INTRODUCTION

Synanthropic rodents, which are represented by house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus), pose a high health risk. In South America, socioeconomic fragmentation generates marked differences between urban centers and peripheral areas and are associated with a heterogeneous record. The objective was to gather data by surveying inhabitants of two neighborhoods with contrasting features in Greater La Plata, province of Buenos Aires, in order to explore, describe and evaluate the perception on the presence of rodents in domicile, peridomicile and neighborhood as vehicles of disease transmission

METHODS

An exploratory descriptive design was used to make and conduct surveys following the technique of stratified sampling. The variables gender and group were considered to have the same distribution in the sample. The information was transferred to a database and analyzed through IBM SPSS Statistics V25

RESULTS

There is a common concern related to the role played by urban rodents as reservoirs and source of infection of zoonotic pathologies. The presence of rodents in the most vulnerable neighborhood was higher than in the center of the city

DISCUSSION

This study provides a different perspective related to rodents and pathologies associated, considering social perception and showing its importance for management and control programs.

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