The human protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica can live in the intestine for months or years without generating any symptoms host. For unknown reasons, amoebae suddenly destroy intestinal mucosa and become invasive. This lead to amoebic colitis extraintestinal amoebiasis whereby spread other organs via blood vessels, most commonly liver where abscesses develop. nuttalli is closest genetic r...

The incidence of bubonic plague in Madagascar is high. This study reports the susceptibility of 32 different populations of a vector, the flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), to the insecticide Deltamethrin. Despite the use of Deltamethrin against fleas, plague epidemics have re-emerged in Madagascar. The majority of the study sites were located in the Malagasy highlands where mos...

background: rodents play an important role as reservoir of some pathogens, and the host of some ectoparasites as well. these ectoparasites can transmit rodents’ pathogens to human or animals. the aim of this study was to assess the distribution and infestation load of ectoparasites on rodents in meshkin-shahr district, northwestern iran . method: rodents were captured using baited live traps in...

The diversity and geographical distribution of fleas parasitizing small mammals have been poorly investigated on Indian Ocean islands with the exception of Madagascar where endemic plague has stimulated extensive research on these arthropod vectors. In the context of an emerging flea-borne murine typhus outbreak that occurred recently in Reunion Island, we explored fleas' diversity, distributio...

UNLABELLED Little is known about the presence/absence and prevalence of Rickettsia spp, Bartonella spp. and Yersinia pestis in domestic and urban flea populations in tropical and subtropical African countries. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Fleas collected in Benin, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were investigated for the presence and identity of Rick...

Abstract Flea infestations of wild rabbits were examined monthly in central Spain a meso-Mediterranean area for 5 yr. A total 1,180 trapped and 7,022 fleas collected from them. Overall, the prevalence was 74.1% with mean flea index 5.95 per rabbit. Four species identified: Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale, 1878) most abundant (accounting 74.3% collected) followed by Xenopsylla cunicularis (Smit, 195...