Factors associated with diversity, quantity and zoonotic potential of ectoparasites on urban mice and voles.

Wild rodents are important hosts for tick larvae but co-infestations with other mites and insects are largely neglected. Small rodents were trapped at four study sites in Berlin, Germany, to quantify their ectoparasite diversity. Host-specific, spatial and temporal occurrence of ectoparasites was de...

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Main Authors: Denny Maaz, Jürgen Krücken, Julia Blümke, Dania Richter, Janina McKay-Demeler, Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Susanne Hartmann, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6016914?pdf=render