Distribution of Some Common Domestic Rat Ectoparasites in the United States

Pratt, Harry D.; Good, Newell E.

doi:10.2307/3274292

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“…The majority of cases occurred during late spring and early autumn, when X. cheopis was very abundant (20--22, 40). Moreover, a marked decline in cases of murine typhus in the US was reported after X. cheopis populations were effectively brought under control by sustained DDT dusting campaigns (43,44,52). Although the association between X. cheopis and Rattus and their presence in human habitations shows a strong correlation with reported cases of murine typhus, the disease has also been reported in areas where either the flea or rat was absent.…”

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Epidemiology of Murine Typhus

Azad¹

1990

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

210

137

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Section: Fleas As Vectors Of Murine Typhusmentioning

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Epidemiology of Murine Typhus

Azad¹

1990

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

210

137

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“…Ex Rattus sp. : TN, Blount Co. (Pratt & Good 1954). The tropical rat mite is widely distributed in the tropical, subtropical and mild temperate regions of the world together with its domestic rat hosts (Radovsky 1985).…”

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Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Reeves¹,

Durden

Ritzi

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We review previously published accounts of ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates and report on the collections from 4 species of reptiles, 54 species of birds, and 47 species of mammals from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or immediately adjacent lands in North Carolina and Tennessee, USA. Our list includes 1 species of beetle, 2 hemipteran bugs, 9 flies, at least 42 species of lice, 23 species of fleas, and at least 75 species of Acari (11 ticks/64 mites). We discuss the potential for transmission of pathogens by these ectoparasites and the relevance of disjunct populations of boreal species at high elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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“…Two ectoparasite species (Ornithonyssus bacoti and Ixodes scapularis) are new host records for B. carolinensis, whereas 5 mite species (Blarinobia simplex, Echinonyssus blarinae, Eucheyletia bishoppi, Orycteroxenus soricis, and Pygmephorus tamiasi) are new state records. Three of the mite species collected, Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (Pratt and Good 1954), O. bacoti (Williams 1946, Eckerlin et al 1995, and Haemogamasus har peri (Whitaker et al 2007), have been previously reported as occurring on other mammals in Louisiana. The highest diversity of ecto parasites was found from shrews captured in the grassland and open pine habitats.…”

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