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1 March 2016 New Records of Ectoparasites Echinolaelaps echidninus and Polyplax spinulosa on Rodents with Serological Evidence of Flavivirus Infections at Mérida, Yucatán, México
Carlos M. Baak-Baak, Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo, Oswaldo M. Torres-Chablé, Roger Arana-Guardía, Fernando I. Puerto, Carlos Machain-Williams, Julián E. García-Rejón
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Abstract

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 Yucatán 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 (Bouché), on R. rattus. We discussed the potential for the arthropods to bite and transmit pathogens to humans.

Carlos M. Baak-Baak, Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo, Oswaldo M. Torres-Chablé, Roger Arana-Guardía, Fernando I. Puerto, Carlos Machain-Williams, and Julián E. García-Rejón "New Records of Ectoparasites Echinolaelaps echidninus and Polyplax spinulosa on Rodents with Serological Evidence of Flavivirus Infections at Mérida, Yucatán, México," Southwestern Entomologist 41(1), 75-85, (1 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.041.0109
Published: 1 March 2016
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