Table 1.
Summary of on- and off-host flea captures, by species, in human habitations in Vurra and Okoro counties*
| Number of fleas (% of all fleas collected from the same source) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea source | Cf | Xb/Xc | Eg | Dl | Other† | Unknown‡ |
| Kilonzo traps (off-host) | 729 (86.9%) | 32 (3.8%) | 68 (8.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Rattus rattus§ | 2 (0.3%) | 662 (91.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (2.3%) | 23 (3.2%) | 23 (3.2%) |
Fleas were collected using modified Kilonzo light traps (off-host) or by combing Rattus rattus trapped in huts.
Other off-host flea species: Tunga penetrans, Ctenocephalides spp. too damaged to identify to species. Other flea species collected from R. rattus: Xenopsylla spp. too damaged to identify to species, Ctenophthalmus calceatus cabirus, Afristivalius torvus Rothschild (syn. Stivalius torvus8).
“Unknown” includes fleas that were lost or too damaged to identify to genus.
Flea species collected from R. rattus were previously reported as part of a larger data set.35
Cf = Ctenocephalides felis; Xb/Xc = Xenopsylla brasiliensis and Xenopsylla cheopis; Eg = Echidnophaga gallinacea; Dl = Dinopsyllus lypusus.