Preliminary investigation on rodent-ectoparasite associations in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: Implications for potential zoonoses

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 366-374

  Yonas, Meheretu ^a,b   Welegerima, Kiros ^a   Laudisoit, Anne ^c   Bauer, Hans ^a   Gebrehiwot, Kindeya ^a   Deckers, Seppe ^d   Katakweba, Abdul ^e   Makundi, Rhodes ^e   Leirs, Herwig ^b,f  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Northern Ethiopia; Rodents; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACARIDAE; ACOMYS SP.; ARTHROPODA; ARVICANTHIS DEMBEENSIS; HEXAPODA; LAELAPS; MASTOMYS; RODENTIA; XENOPSYLLA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868136180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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