TY - JOUR T1 - Parasites of the Nile rat in rural and urban regions of Sudan JF - Integrative Zoology Y1 - 2009 DO - 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2009.00148.x A1 - Dina M. Fagir A1 - El-Amin El-Rayah SP - 179 EP - 187 KW - fleas KW - lice KW - mites KW - Nile rat KW - Sudan KW - ticks AB -

In this investigation on endoparasites (helminths) and ectoparasites of the Nile rat Arvicanthis niloticus Desmarest,1822, a total of 220 Nile rats were trapped from different regions of Sudan during the period January 2003–January2006. Examination of different tissues, identification of parasites, effect of these parasites on the organs, the preva-lence and intensity of infestation of the parasites and their relation to the habitat of the host, and sex-relatedinfestations were considered. Results showed that the variation among helminth species was wide, especially inthose that are transferred by arthropods. No protozoan parasites or distortion in the infected tissues were observed.No examination for Toxoplasma gondii was carried out. Two species of cestodes (Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepisdiminuta), two genera (Raillietina sp. I, Raillietina sp. II) and one unidentified Hymenolepididae were reported.The most prevalent species of cestodes was Raillietina sp. And for nematodes only one species and one genuswere recovered (Monanema nilotica and Streptopharagus sp.). Investigation of skin revealed that 83.8% of ratswere infested with one or more of ectoparasites; namely, insects and arachnids. This survey also revealed that fleasand lice were the most common ectoparasites that infested the Nile rat. Synanthropic rodents, particularly thoseliving in close association with man, play a significant role in human health, welfare and economy. It has to bestressed that their arthropod ectoparasites are important vectors of pathogenic microorganisms and they can alsobe important reservoirs for parasitic zoonoses, like trichinellosis and capillariosis. No doubt, the increase in rodentpopulations could be followed by an increase in zoonotic diseases (Stojcevic et al. 2004, Durden et al. 2000). Ratsand mice (commensal and wild) play an important role in public health, being carriers or reservoirs for infectiousdiseases that can be transmitted to humans (zoonoses). Xenopsylla cheopis is the most important vector of plagueand the rickettsial infection murine typhus (Gratz 1999).Man can also acquire the infection through direct contactwith infected animals’ tissues (WHO 1987). Arvicanthis niloticus, Mastomys natalensis and Rattus rattus areprobably the most important and widespread reservoirs of plague in Kenya: 10 percent of all Rattus rattus testedwere found to be positive as compared to 12% of the Arvicanthis niloticus (Gratz 1999)

VL - 4 UR - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2009.00148.x IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Insecticide resistance of body lice in the Sudan Republic JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Y1 - 1961 A1 - Qutubuddin,M. SP - 773 EP - 774 KW - body KW - Control KW - insecticide KW - Sudan VL - 10 SN - 0002-9637 N1 - JID: 0370507; OTO: NLM; ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Some studies on relapsing fever in the Sudan JF - Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Y1 - 1969 A1 - Abdalla,R. E. SP - 125 EP - 128 KW - adult KW - animals KW - Borrelia KW - child KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Disease Vectors KW - guinea pigs KW - humans KW - lice KW - mice KW - pediculosus KW - rat KW - Relapsing Fever KW - Sudan VL - 72 SN - 0022-5304 IS - 5 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 0406044; ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Louse-borne relapsing fever in the Sudan. A historical review and a clinico-pathological study JF - Tropical and geographical medicine Y1 - 1980 A1 - Ahmed,M. A. A1 - Abdel Wahab,S. M. A1 - Abdel Malik,M. O. A1 - Abdel Gadir,A. M. A1 - Salih,S. Y. A1 - Omer,A. A1 - Al Hassan,A. M. SP - 106 EP - 111 KW - humans KW - Insect vectors KW - lice KW - Liver/pathology KW - Relapsing Fever KW - Spleen/pathology KW - Sudan AB - A small outbreak of louse-borne relapsing fever in Khartoum (May-June 1974) provided material for a clinico-pathological study. The history of the disease in the Sudan is reviewed and the clinical and laboratory findings in 32 patients are presented. Fever, headache, jaundice, epistaxis and hepatosplenomegaly were the commonest clinical findings; thrombocytopenia was detected in 93% of cases. Although elevated levels of fibrin degradation products were found in most patients, disseminated intravascular coagulation could not be diagnosed. Hepatocellular derangement was found in 68% of cases, while 78% had high blood urea. In five autopsied bodies there was bronchopneumonia, interstitial edema with focal myocardial fibrosis, hepatic necrosis, splenic infarcts, increase in size and cellularity of the glomeruli and brain edema and congestion. Intracranial haemorrhage was found in three of the autopsied cases. CY - NETHERLANDS VL - 32 SN - 0041-3232 IS - 2 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 0376231; ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Specificitatea parazitară la câteva specii de malofage (Mallophaga Nitzsch) cercetate JF - Analele Brăilei, An IV, Brăla Y1 - 2001 A1 - Costică Adam SP - 359 EP - 362 KW - Africa KW - Hoplopleura KW - Rodentia. KW - Sudan KW - Troester VL - 4 IS - Serie Nouă N1 - 1019 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A new genus and species of Menoponidae (Mallophaga) from the African swallow-tailed kite JF - Journal of Medical Entomology Y1 - 1970 A1 - Theresa Clay A1 - Roger D. Price SP - 119 EP - 121 KW - animals KW - bird KW - Lice/anatomy & histology/classification KW - mtax KW - PHP KW - Sudan AB -

A new genus, Pterophilus, and new species, P. sudanensis, are described from the African swallow-tailed kite, Chelictinia riocourii, from Sudan.

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