New Records of Ectoparasites Echinolaelaps echidninus and Polyplax spinulosa on Rodents with Serological Evidence of Flavivirus Infections at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

作者：Baak Baak Carlos M; Cigarroa Toledo Nohemi; Torres Chable Oswaldo M; Arana Guardia Roger; Puerto Fernando I; Machain Williams Carlos; Garcia Rejon Julian E^*

来源：Southwestern Entomologist, 2016, 41(1): 75-85.

Two ectoparasites, spiny rat mite, Echinolaelaps echidninus (Berlese) (n = 27), and spined rat louse, Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister) (n = 2), were recorded for the first time in Yucatan State and documented with photographs. The ectoparasites were identified mostly on black rat, Rattus rattus (L.), with serological evidence of flavivirus infection. Adult female E. echidninus was most common and found on black rat with serological evidence of yellow fever, Modoc, and Apoi viruses. We also reported for the first time the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche), on R. rattus. We discussed the potential for the arthropods to bite and transmit pathogens to humans.

• 出版日期2016-3