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Comunicação • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 33 (1) • Feb 2000 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822000000100015   copy

Notes on fleas (Siphonaptera) of the fox Cerdocyon thous (Canidae) from the visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil

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From July to September of 1998, 152 fleas were collected from 18 specimens of the fox Cerdocyon thous captured in the visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of Jacobina, State of Bahia, Brazil. The fleas were identified as: 136 Rhopalopsyllus lutzi lutzi, 11 Pulex irritans, 2 Ctenocephalides canis, 1 Ctenocephalides felis felis and 2 Xenopsylla cheopis.

Cerdocyon thous; Siphonaptera; Fleas; Rox; Canidae

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