Presence of the Oriental Rat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Infesting an Endemic Mammal and Confirmed Plague Circulation in a Forest Area of Madagascar
| Autor: | Romain Girod, Mireille Harimalala, Soanandrasana Rahelinirina |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Unité d'Entomologie Médicale [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (IPM), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Unité Peste - Plague Unit [Antananarivo, Madagascar], The MRC-Medical Research Foundation granted the first author through AREF program (Reference: HARIMALALAMRF-157-0011-F-HARIM). |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Echidnophaga gallinacea
Flea MESH: Rats MESH: Xenopsylla Yersinia pestis [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] 030231 tropical medicine MESH: Yersinia pestis Zoology Greater hedgehog tenrec Forests MESH: Flea Infestations MESH: Plague MESH: Madagascar Oriental rat flea 03 medical and health sciences Flea Infestations 0302 clinical medicine sylvatic plague Madagascar medicine Animals MESH: Animals Xenopsylla Ctenocephalides Plague 0303 health sciences General Veterinary biology 030306 microbiology MESH: Animal Distribution Eulipotyphla MESH: Forests 15. Life on land medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Rats Sylvatic plague Pulicidae Infectious Diseases Pulex Insect Science MESH: Insectivora Parasitology Animal Distribution |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology Journal of Medical Entomology, Entomological Society of America, 2020, 57 (4), pp.1318-1323. ⟨10.1093/jme/tjaa026⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| Popis: | The Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild 1903), is a cosmopolitan flea usually found infesting domestic rats. This flea is a well-known major human plague vector in Madagascar. As part of field sampling, fleas and small mammals were collected in the village of South Andranofeno and the natural reserve of Sohisika, two sites of the district of Ankazobe, located in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. Rats inside houses and forest small mammals were trapped using Besancon Technical Services and pitfall traps, respectively. Their fleas were collected and preserved for laboratory works. Collected fleas from the village and forest belonged to five species, which were X. cheopis, Synopsyllus fonquerniei (Wagner and Roubaud 1932) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood 1875) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), Ctenocephalides felisstrongylus (Jordan 1925) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), Pulex irritans (Linnaeus 1758) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). After sampling in the forest zone, one specimen of X. cheopis was unexpectedly collected while infesting an endemic tenrec Setifer setosus (Schreber 1777) (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis on all collected fleas allowed detecting plague bacterium Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) (Enterobacterales: Yersiniaceae) on nine specimens of the endemic flea S. fonquerniei collected inside forest. The presence of the oriental rat flea in forest highlights the connection between human and wild environments due to animal movements and the fact that the rat flea can infest various hosts. As only one specimen of X. cheopis was collected on S. setosus, we hypothesize that flea was carried from the village to forest. Yersinia pestis infection of forest fleas outlines plague circulation in this sylvatic area. |
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