Table 1.

Specific flea indices and percentage incidence indices of fleas on rodent species

Animal species	Total number caught	Total number infested	Total number of fleas	PII	SFI
Mastomys natalensis	72	16	29	22.2	0.40
Rattus rattus	16	2	5	12.5	0.31
Saccostomus spp.	15	2	3	13.3	0.20
Tatera spp.	2	0	0	0	0
Graphiurus spp.	5	0	0	0	0
Crocidura spp.	86	0	0	0	0
Mus spp.	2	0	0	0	0
Acomys spp.	1	0	0	0	0
Total	199	20	37	10	0.19

PII percentage incidence index; SFI specific flea index