Siphonaptera parasites of wild rodents and marsupials trapped in three mountain ranges of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Leandro Bianco De Moraes¹  David Eduardo Paolinetti Bossi¹  Arício Xavier Linhares¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia Departamento de ParasitologiaCampinas SP ,Brasil

关键词: fleas;    rodents;    marsupials;    Atlantic rain forest;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762003000800017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A study of the associations between small mammals and fleas was undertaken in three areas of the Atlantic Forest in Souhtheastern Brazil: Serra da Fartura, SP, Serra da Bocaina, SP, and Itatiaia, RJ. Trapping of small rodents and marsupials was done every 3 months during 2 years, from June 1999 to May 2001. A total 502 rodents (13 species) and 50 marsupials (7 species) were collected, and 185 hosts out of 552 (33.5%) captured in the traps were parasitized by 327 fleas belonging to 11 different species. New host records were determined for several flea species, and 5 significant associations between fleas and hosts were also found.

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