Zeese W, Khalaf S A, Abou el-Ela R G, Morsy T A
Egyptian German Field Rat Control Project, Dokki, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1990 Dec;20(2):827-35.
Rodents serve as reservoir hosts for many parasitic and bacterial diseases which are spread to man and animals by their habits, their droppings or by their arthropod ectoparasites. Commensal (semi-domestic) rodents were collected by different methods from Sharkia Governorate over a period of one year, 1989. The trapped rodents in descending order of prevalence were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, Mus musculus and Gerbillus gerbillus. The ectoparasites were collected and identified as five species of fleas, one species of lice and one species of mites. The role of these rodents as animal reservoirs and their ectoparasites as vectors of zoonotic diseases was discussed.
啮齿动物是许多寄生虫病和细菌病的储存宿主，这些疾病通过它们的习性、粪便或节肢动物体外寄生虫传播给人类和动物。1989年，在一年的时间里，通过不同方法从沙尔基亚省收集了共栖（半家养）啮齿动物。捕获的啮齿动物按患病率从高到低依次为褐家鼠、黑家鼠、小家鼠和沙鼠。收集了体外寄生虫并鉴定为五种跳蚤、一种虱子和一种螨虫。讨论了这些啮齿动物作为动物宿主的作用以及它们的体外寄生虫作为人畜共患病传播媒介的作用。
