Ectoparasites (sucking lice, fleas and ticks) of small mammals in southeastern Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Oguge, N O ^a   Durden, L A ^b   Keirans, J E ^b,d   Balami, H D ^b   Schwan, T G ^c  

^a EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Fleas; Kenya; Small mammals; Sucking lice; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; HABITAT QUALITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; LOUSE; SAVANNA; SMALL MAMMAL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; KENYA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RODENT; SHREW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; INSECTS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RODENTIA; SHREWS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMBLYOMMA; ANOPLURA; BEAMYS HINDEI; CROCIDURA; CTENOPHTHALMUS; GRAPHIURUS MICROTIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HOPLOPLEURA INEXPECTANS; IXODES; IXODIDA; LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; NESOMYIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; POLYPLAX RECLINATA; PRAOMYS DELECTORUM; RHIPICEPHALUS; RODENTIA; SCHIZOPHTHIRUS GRAPHIURI; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 70450247179     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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