Seasonal patterns of rodents, fleas and plague status in the Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

• Published in: Medical and Veterinary Entomology
• Main Authors: NJUNWA, K. J., MWAIKO, G. L., KILONZO, B. S., MHINA, J. I. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Rothschild; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00469.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2915.1989.tb00469.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00469.x/fullpdf

ABSTRACT. Field and commensal rodents were live‐trapped at three villages in an active focus of plague (Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pestis) in Lushoto District, Western Usambara Mountains, Tanga Region, Tanzania, from December 1983 to November 1984. Their flea ectoparasites were collected, identifie...