Logan T M, Wilson M L, Cornet J P
Laboratoire ORSTOM de Zoologie medicale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal.
J Med Entomol. 1993 Jul;30(4):799-801. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/30.4.799.
Four species of ticks were retrieved from burrows of 64 multimammate rats, Mastomys erythroleucus (Temminck), 55-gerbils, Taterillus gracilis (Thomas) or T. pygargus (Cuvier), 13 Nile rats, Arvicanthis niloticus (DeMarest), and five Geoffroy's ground squirrels, Xerus erythropus (Geoffroy) from May 1987 through August 1988 at two study sites in northern Senegal. Ornithodoros sonrai Sautet & Witkowski were recovered from 95% (74/78) of burrows near Bandia and 6% (4/66) of burrows near Yonofere. Eight Hyalomma truncatum Koch, four Rhipicephalus guilhoni Morel & Vassiliades, and one R. sulcatus Neumann were recovered from 144 rodent burrows (nine tick-positive burrows) from both locations. No seasonal trend of tick abundance or activity was noted, nor was any pattern of burrow preference by ticks detected. Rodent burrows in either location appeared to be little used by ixodid ticks.
1987年5月至1988年8月期间，在塞内加尔北部的两个研究地点，从64只红颈多乳鼠（Mastomys erythroleucus，Temminck）的洞穴、55只细趾黄鼠（Taterillus gracilis，Thomas）或非洲巨颊囊鼠（T. pygargus，Cuvier）的洞穴、13只尼罗大鼠（Arvicanthis niloticus，DeMarest）的洞穴以及5只杰氏松鼠（Xerus erythropus，Geoffroy）的洞穴中采集到了四种蜱虫。在班迪亚附近，95%（74/78）的洞穴中发现了桑氏钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros sonrai Sautet & Witkowski），而在约诺费雷附近，这一比例为6%（4/66）。从两个地点的144个啮齿动物洞穴（9个有蜱虫的洞穴）中采集到了8只截形璃眼蜱（Hyalomma truncatum Koch）、4只吉氏扇头蜱（Rhipicephalus guilhoni Morel & Vassiliades）和1只刻点扇头蜱（R. sulcatus Neumann）。未观察到蜱虫数量或活动的季节性趋势，也未检测到蜱虫对洞穴的偏好模式。在这两个地点，硬蜱似乎很少利用啮齿动物的洞穴。
