<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cecilia Figueroa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iván Benavides‐Céspedes</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marlon Mauricio Ardila</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lizette Gil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leidi Herrera</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Camilo H. Salazar-Silva</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sebastián Muñoz-Leal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fuente, María Carolina Silva-de la</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Armando Conrado Cicchino</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">L. Moreno</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spatial and seasonal distribution of rodent sucking lice (Psocodea: Anoplura) in northern Chile</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medical and Veterinary Entomology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">abundance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mean intensity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">travassosi group</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nov-19-2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1111/mve.70036</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">40</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43-55</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats title=&quot;&quot;&gt;Abstract&lt;/jats&gt; &lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt; Sucking lice (Anoplura) are highly specific parasites that depend extensively on their mammal hosts for survival. However, the climate to which their hosts are exposed can cause changes in their populations, independent of the protection provided by their hosts. Despite its harsh climate, arid northern Chile is home to a wide variety of rodents, particularly cricetids. This area comprises four distinct ecoregions with different sub‐climates. We aimed to evaluate the spatial and seasonal variability of sucking lice (Anoplura) parasitizing rodents in northern Chile. Specifically, we analysed the association of environmental variables and host density with the louse point prevalence (P%), mean abundance ( &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; A) and mean infestation intensity ( &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; I). Rodent samples were collected during autumn and spring of 2011 and summer and winter of 2012 in 13 sites representative of the Coastal Desert (CD), Continental (Interior) Desert (ID), Andean Tropical (AT) and Pre‐Andean Tropical (PAT) ecoregions. A total of 992 rodents of eight species were captured and anaesthetized, and lice were collected and identified. The P%, &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; A and &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; I of lice were estimated. The association of climatic variables (temperature, precipitation and relative humidity) and host density (capture success as a proxy) with louse P% and &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; A was assessed using Spearman correlation and Fisher&amp;#39;s test. Four lice species were identified based on external morphology (Hoplopleuridae: &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Hoplopleura aitkeni&lt;/jats&gt; Johnson, &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Hoplopleura reducta&lt;/jats&gt; Ferris, &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Hoplopleura&lt;/jats&gt; sp. &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;travassosi&lt;/jats&gt; group; Poliplacidae: &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Polyplax spinulosa&lt;/jats&gt; (Burmeister)). &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Hoplopleura aitkeni&lt;/jats&gt; and &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;H. reducta&lt;/jats&gt; showed significant seasonal differences in P%, &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; A and &lt;jats sub=&quot;&quot;&gt;M&lt;/jats&gt; I in the AT and PAT ecoregions. In contrast, the &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;H.&lt;/jats&gt; sp. &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;travassosi&lt;/jats&gt; group showed no significant seasonal variation. &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Polyplax spinulosa&lt;/jats&gt; was found exclusively on introduced rodents in the ID ecoregion, with distinct seasonal variations observed in &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Rattus norvegicus&lt;/jats&gt; Berkenhout and &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot;&gt;Rattus rattus&lt;/jats&gt; Linnaeus (Muridae). We reported 17 new host&amp;ndash;parasite associations, and one lice species not previously described in the country. This study demonstrates that seasonal environmental variation does not equally impact all lice species, emphasizing the need for further research into the ecological and biological drivers of these dynamics. &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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