Bilialov Z A, Ershova L S, Sviridov G G, Sokolov P N, Arakeliants V S
Parazitologiia. 1989 Jul-Aug;23(4):362-4.
Biological interrelations between ectoparasites from the colonies of great gerbil were studied experimentally. Hungry fleas Coptopsylla lamellifer are able to feed on the ticks Ornithodoros tartakovskyi infected with plague and in so doing be infected with plague agent. Such feeding is identified as "heterovampirism".
对大沙鼠群落中外寄生虫之间的生物学相互关系进行了实验研究。饥饿的栉首蚤(Coptopsylla lamellifer)能够吸食感染鼠疫的波斯钝缘蜱(Ornithodoros tartakovskyi),并因此感染鼠疫杆菌。这种取食行为被确定为“异嗜吸血”。