[Notes on fleas (Siphonaptera) of the fox Cerdocyon thous (Canidae) from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil]

E J Cerqueira; E M Silva; A F Monte-Alegre; I A Sherlock

doi:10.1590/s0037-86822000000100015

[Notes on fleas (Siphonaptera) of the fox Cerdocyon thous (Canidae) from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2000 Jan-Feb;33(1):91-3. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822000000100015.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

E J Cerqueira¹, E M Silva, A F Monte-Alegre, I A Sherlock

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, BA.

PMID: 10881126
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822000000100015

Abstract

From July to September of 1998, 152 fleas were collected from 18 specimens of the fox Cerdocyon thous captured in the visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of Jacobina, State of Bahia, Brazil. The fleas were identified as: 136 Rhopalopsyllus lutzi lutzi, 11 Pulex irritans, 2 Ctenocephalides canis, 1 Ctenocephalides felis felis and 2 Xenopsylla cheopis.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Disease Reservoirs / veterinary*
Female
Foxes / parasitology*
Insect Vectors / classification*
Leishmaniasis, Visceral / transmission*
Male
Seasons
Siphonaptera / classification*