Identification of Mites in Wild Rats in Simpang Limun Traditional Wet Market Area, Medan - Indonesia
Livia Anastasia Sianturi,
Sunna Vyatra Hutagalung,
Darmadi
et al.
Abstract:Background: Among human diseases are infectious diseases transmitted by animals to humans, called zoonoses. Rats carry ectoparasites that act as biological vectors in the transmission of zoonoses. Mites are ectoparasites of rats that cause various zoonoses, namely murine typhus, rat mite dermatitis, and others. The study aims to identify species of wild rats in the study area based on their morphology and presentation of mite-infected rats and mite species in wild rats in Simpang Limun traditional wet market i… Show more
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