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  • Title: Seasonal variation of infestation rate with lice, tick and mite among rodents in certain Egyptian regions.
    Author: Abd El-Halim AS, Allam KA, Metwally AM, El Boraey AM.
    Journal: J Egypt Soc Parasitol; 2009 Aug; 39(2):617-24. PubMed ID: 19795768.
    Abstract:
    Four species of mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti, Haemolaelaps glusgowi, Echinolaelaps echinolelaps & Dermanyssus gallinae), two species of ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus & Hyalomma dromedarrii) and one species of lice (Polyplax spinulose) were identified on rodents during 4 successive seasons (2005) trapped in five governorates (Suez, Menoufia, Giza, Damietta and Beni-Sewaf). The rodents were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, Rattus rattus frugivourus, Acomys cahirinus and Mus musculus Rodents in Suez were the highly ecto-parasites infested ones.
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