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Interrelationship between Ectoparasites and Wild Rodents from Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Brazil

1998; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 93; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02761998000600003

ISSN

1678-8060

Autores

Darci Moraes Barros‐Battesti, Márcia Arzúa, Pedro Marcos Linardi, José Ramiro Botelho, Ives José Sbalqueiro,

Tópico(s)

Zoonotic diseases and public health

Resumo

Sixteen species of ectoparasites were collected from 50 wild rodents, from August 1990 to August 1991, in an area of Araucaria augustifolia forest, in the municipality of Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Brazil. Ectoparasites infested 98% of the rodents, with the highest indices of infestation found in the dry-cool season. Species that occurred in single or multiple infestations were recorded. Ectoparasite/host associations were significant (p<0.01) for Gigantolaelaps wolffsohni/Oryzomys nigripes, Polygenis pradoi/Oxymycterus sp. and Amblyopinus sp./Oxymycterus sp. The following represent new host records: Polygenis (Polygenis) tripus from Akodon serrensis and Hoplopleura sciuricola from Sciurus aestuans. New geographic records are given for two species of flea and one sucking lice.

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