Seasonal abundance and epidemiological indices of potential plague vectors dinopsyllus lypusus (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae) and ctenophthalmus calceatus (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae) on rodents captured from three habitat types of hatcliffe and dzivarasekwa suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1453-1459

  Zimba, Moses ^a   Loveridge, John ^b   Pfukenyi, Davies M ^b   Mukaratirwa, Samson ^c  

^a Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cohabitation; Ctenophthalmus calceatus; Dinopsyllus lypusus; epidemiological indices; periurban habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869819052     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11231     Document Type: Article

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