Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to …

Bionomics of fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitizing rodent hosts, mostly the gerbil Gerbillus
dasyurus (Wagner) and the jird Meriones crassus Sundevall (Gerbillidae), were investigated …

Patterns of species richness, prevalence and abundance of ectoparasites have rarely been
investigated at both the levels of populations and species of hosts. Here, we investigated the …

Pediculosis is a worldwide disease affecting school-aged children produced by the
presence of the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, an obligate ectoparasite …

Aim Although there is a vast body of literature on the causes of variation in species
composition in ecological communities, less effort has been invested in understanding how …

Ectoparasite load in small mammals can be influenced by both environmental conditions
and host species characteristics. However, the nature of these influences is poorly …

Animal species with larger local populations tend to be widespread across many localities,
whereas species with smaller local populations occur in fewer localities. This pattern is well …

Theory predicts a positive relationship between parasite infection intensity and host density.
However, this generalization is complicated in natural systems by differences in life history …

The distribution of parasites among individual hosts is characterised by high variability that
is believed to be a result of variations in host traits. To find general patterns of host traits …

Background Fleas frequently infest small mammals and play important vectoring roles in the
epidemiology of (re) emerging zoonotic disease. Rodent outbreaks in intensified agro …