@article {47426,
	title = {Ectoparasites in rodents of the urban region of Belo Horizonte, MG. II. Changes in the indices of infestation of  Rattus norvegicus norvegicus},
	journal = {Mem{\'o}rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz},
	volume = {80},
	year = {1985},
	month = {1985},
	pages = {227 - 232},
	abstract = {<p>The indices of infestation by the mites Echinolaelaps echidninus and Laelaps nuttalli, the louse Popyplax spinulosa and the flea Xenopsylla cheopis, obtained monthly, from June 1980 to September 1982, on Rattus norvegicus norvegicus in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil were related to seasonal period, sex of the host and area of capture. Mites and insects showed different behaviour in relation to these factors. Only the fleas and lice exhibit significant association between the rodents\&rsquo; infestation and the seasonal period, or between the infestation and the rodents\&rsquo; sex or else a variation of the distribution by the three main areas of capture. The fleas showed the highest indices of infestation in the warm-rainy season (October to March) while the infestation by the lice was more prevalent in the dry-cool season. The climatic factors most related with the hosts\&rsquo; infestation were, in decreasing order, rainfall, temperature and relative humidity. Fleas and lice preferentially infested male rodents, being infestation by X. cheopis highly significant.</p>
},
	keywords = {animals, Anoplura, Brazil, English Abstract, fleas, mites, plague, rat, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Rodent Control},
	url = {http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v80n2/vol80(f2)_098-103.pdf},
	author = {Pedro Marcos Linardi and Botelho,Jos{\'e} Ramiro and Cunha,Hor{\'a}cio Capistrano}
}
@article {46540,
	title = {Ectoparasites in rodents of the urban region of Belo Horizonte, MG. III. Fleas, Anoplura and Acari indices in Rattus norvegicus norvegicus},
	journal = {Mem{\'o}rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz},
	volume = {80},
	year = {1985},
	month = {1985},
	pages = {277 - 284},
	abstract = {<p>The total and specific indices of fleas, lice and mites were determined for ectoparasites on Rattus norvegicus norvegicus capture in urban areas of Belo Horizonte, Minas state, Brazil, from June 1980 to September 1982. In view of the limiting or critical values attributed to flea indices above all the \&quot;cheopis\&quot; index, proposed by several authors as a complementary measure for bubonic plague surveillance, the community of Belo Horizonte would have been exposed to this infection. The annual total indices ranged from 0.3 to 2.4 and the prevalent flea was Xenopsylla cheopis (99.2\%), with the highest indices coinciding with the late dry-cool season. On two occasions, in this period, the community would have remained highly exposed to infection, since the index-limits were superseded: 8.8 (October 1980) and 6.2 (September 1982). It is suggested that preventive measures, such as protection against rat insecticide treatment may be efficiently applied in the late dry-cool season, or previous to the rainy season, before the elimination of rats. Reports on indices of lice and mites are important as they may establish index-limits for certain infections exclusive to rodents.</p>
},
	keywords = {animals, Anoplura, Brazil, English Abstract, fleas, mites, plague, rat, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Rodent Control},
	url = {http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v80n3/vol80(f3)_020-027.pdf},
	author = {Pedro Marcos Linardi and Botelho,Jos{\'e} Ramiro and Cunha,Hor{\'a}cio Capistrano}
}
@article {43148,
	title = {Nova especie de Anoplura (Haematopinidae)},
	journal = {Mem{\'o}rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz},
	volume = {26},
	year = {1932},
	note = {1157},
	month = {1932},
	pages = {235 - 237},
	keywords = {Brazil, Hoplopleura, Rattus, rodentia, South America, Troester},
	url = {https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/6504.pdf},
	author = {Werneck,F{\'a}bio Leoni}
}
