@article {46344,
	title = {Some ectoparasites of commensal rodents from Huambo, Angola},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology},
	volume = {31},
	year = {1994},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {754 - 756},
	abstract = {<p>Eight species of ectoparasites were collected from 166 commensal rodents, including Rattus rattus (L.), Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout), and Mus musculus (L.), from January to December 1986, in Huambo, Angola. The oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), was the predominant species with respect to mean intensity and prevalence. Other fleas collected were Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) machadoi Ribeiro, Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) smiti Ribeiro, and Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood). The mite Laelaps (Echinolaelaps) muricola Tragardh, the louse Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister), one species of Ixodes Latreille, and one species of Ornithonyssus Sambon were also recorded. The following represent new host records: C. machadoi from R. rattus and R. norvegicus, D. smiti from M. musculus, and L. muricola from R. rattus and M. musculus. For the first time, the monthly flea indices throughout the year are presented for Angola.</p>
},
	keywords = {Acari, Angola, animals, Anoplura, entomology, fleas, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Rodentia/parasitology},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/45227.pdf},
	author = {Pedro Marcos Linardi and Gomes,Adriano F. and Botelho,Jos{\'e} Ramiro and Lopes,Cristina Marques Lisb{\^o}a}
}
@article {39754,
	title = {Rodent ectoparasites from two locations in northwestern Florida},
	journal = {Journal of Vector Ecology},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000},
	pages = {222 - 228},
	abstract = {From Feb.-Apr. 1999, 19 species of ectoparasitic arthropods (2 sucking lice, 4 fleas, 4 ticks, 2 mesostigmatid mites, 5 chiggers, 2 fur mites) were recovered from 106 rodents belonging to 5 species (cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus, n=64; cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, n=23; eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana, n=9: golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli, n=9; eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, n=1) at Tall Timbers Research Station, Leon County, Florida. During the same period, 13 species of ectoparasites (2 sucking lice, 1 flea, 3 ticks, 3 mesostigmatid mites, 2 chiggers, 2 fur mites) were recovered from 57 rodents belonging to 3 species (S. hispidus, n=40; black rat, Rattus rattus, n=16; S. carolinensis, n=1) from Panama City, Bay County, Florida. Noteworthy ectoparasite records include Ixodes minor from both sites, which extends the known geographical range of this tick, and Stenoponia americana from Tall Timbers that represents the second documented Florida record of this flea. Potential tick vectors (Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis) of zoonotic pathogens (Rickettsia rickettsii and Borrelia burgdorferi) were collected at both sites. On S. hispidus, fleas were more prevalent at Tall Timbers but sucking lice, chiggers, ticks, mesostigmatid and listrophorid mites all were more prevalent at the Panama City site. Arthropods recovered from arboreal nests (n=3) of O, nuttalli at Tall Timbers included 3 species of ectoparasites (1 tick, 2 laelapid mites).},
	keywords = {Acari, Borrelia, ectoparasite, Florida, lyme, rodents, south carolina},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/2168.pdf},
	author = {Lance A. Durden and Hu,R. J. and James H. Oliver Jr and Cilek,J. E.}
}
