de Carvalho R W, Serra-Freire N M, Linardi P M, de Almeida A B, da Costa J N
Laboratório de Ixodides, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001 Jul;96(5):603-9. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000500003.
Eleven species of fleas were collected from 601 small rodents, from November 1995 to October 1997, in areas of natural focus of bubonic plague, including the municipalities of Nova Friburgo, Sumidouro and Teresópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among 924 fleas collected, Polygenis (Polygenis) rimatus (Rhopalopsyllidae) was the predominant species regarding the frequency, representing 41.3% (N:382), followed by P. (Neopolygenis) pradoi, representing 20% (N:185) and Craneopsylla minerva minerva (Stephanocircidae), representing 18.9% (N:175). The host Akodon cursor harbored 47.9% of these fleas. Other six host species were infested by 52.1% of the remaining fleas. Fleas were found on hosts and in places within the focus not previously reported by the literature.
1995年11月至1997年10月期间,在巴西里约热内卢州的自然鼠疫疫源地,包括新弗里堡、苏米杜鲁和特雷索波利斯市,从601只小型啮齿动物身上采集到11种跳蚤。在采集到的924只跳蚤中,按出现频率计,缘多蚤(多蚤属)是优势种,占41.3%(数量为382只),其次是普拉多多蚤(新多蚤属),占20%(数量为185只),以及小敏细蚤(细蚤科),占18.9%(数量为175只)。宿主光标稻鼠身上寄生着47.9%的这些跳蚤。其他六种宿主动物身上寄生着其余52.1%的跳蚤。在宿主动物身上以及疫源地内文献中未曾报道过的地点发现了跳蚤。