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Genetic differentiation of the oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, from two sympatric host species

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), which infests several mammals, primarily rats (Rattus spp.), is the most notorious vector of human plague.
Fang Zhao, Tongzuo Zhang, Jianping Su, Zuhao Huang, Aiguo Wu, Gonghua Lin   +5 more
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An Abnormal Form of Female Rat Flea, Xenopsylla Cheopis Roths. [PDF]

Nature, 1961
ROTHSCHILD, in 1911, separated the three species of fleas, X. cheopis, X. astia and X. brasiliensis of the genus Xenopsylla found on rats. X. cheopis is widely distributed in the tropics and is the principal plague flea in India. The three species (♀♀)mentioned here can be easily identified by the shape of the spermatheca.
M. I. D. SHARMA, G. C. JOSHI
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Wild Rodent Ectoparasites Collected from Northwestern Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2017
Background: Rodents play an important role as reservoir of some pathogens, and the host of some ectoparasites as well. These ectoparasites can transmit rodents’ pathogens to human or animals.
Zabihollah Zarei, Mehdi Mohebali, Zahra Heidari, Eshrat Beigom Kia, Amrollah Azarm, Jaber Davoodi, Hamid Hassanpour, Manizhe Roohnavaz, Mahya Khodabakhsh, Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Hasan Bakhshi   +10 more
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Bubonic Plague Alert Based on Flea Index in The Plague Observation Area of Pasuruan District, East Java Year 2023

Ahmar Metastasis Health Journal
Plague is a very serious health problem and can lead to outbreaks or epidemics caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This study aims to determine the alertness of plague based on the flea index in the plague observation area in Pasuruan Regency, East ...
Zufra Inayah, Reza Fitri Yanti, Dewinta Risna Murti, Wulan Setyowati, Desy Novita Anggraeni   +4 more
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Epizootiological Consequences of the Possible Importation of Plague Agent from Manchuria in the Territory of Trans-Baikal Natural Focus

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2013
Experimental investigations have demonstrated that proventriculus of Citellophilus tesquorum sungaris (population habitant in the territory of Trans-Baikal region) and Xenopsylla cheopis (classical vector) is blocked
G. A. Voronova, L. P. Bazanova
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Survey of Rodents Fauna Regarding to their Probabilistic Contamination to Leishmania (2013-2014)

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2017
Background: Tangistan county now is considered as one of the foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Bushehr province. Rodents are the main parasites reservoir of this disease (leishmania major) and so far four of them have been identified as the ...
Mohammad Darvishi, Reza Jafari, Hossean Darabi, Iraj Zendehbodi, Sayeas Abdolmanaf Jahangard   +4 more
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Biocidal Activity of Three Wood Essential Oils Against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]

, 2007
M. C. Dolan, G. Dietrich, Nicholas A. Panella, John A. Montenieri, Joseph J. Karchesy   +4 more
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Antibacterial activity of Xenopsylla cheopis attacins against Yersinia pestis [PDF]

, 2023
Basil Mathew, Kari L. Aoyagi, Mark A. Fisher   +2 more
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Studies on Pasteurella pestis in fleas, comparative plague-vector efficiency of Xenopsylla vexabilis hawaiiensis and Xenopsylla cheopis.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
The authors report on a study carried out to determine the experimental plague-vector efficiency of X. v. hawaiiensis compared with X. cheopis after both species had been infected with a virulent Hawaiian plague strain (S113). In deriving the numerical values for vector efficiency the concepts of Wheeler and Douglas were followed with some ...
L, KARTMAN, F M, PRINCE, S F, QUAN
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Ectoparasitos de roedores da região urbana de Belo Horizonte, MG: III. Indices pulicidianos, anoplurianos e acarianos em Rattus Norvegicus norvegicus Ectoparasites in rodents of the urban region of Belo Horizonte, MG: III. Fleas, anoplura and acari indices in Rattus norvegicus norvegicus

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1985
Indices pulicidianos, anoplurianos e acarianos, globais e específicos foram determinados para os ectoparasitos de Rattus norvegicus norvegicus capturados em zona urbana de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, no período de junho de 1980 a setembro de ...
Pedro Marcos Linardi, José Ramiro Botelho, Horácio Capistrano Cunha   +2 more
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