Abstract

Lei Wei, Xinwei Wang, Chengmin Wang and Hongxuan He

This study was to investigate the populations and species of ectoparasites from Apodemas agrarius (Rodentia: Muridae; Pallas, 1771), Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae; Berkenhout, 1769), Rattus nitidus (Rodentia: Muridae; Hodgson, 1845), Rattus fulavipectus (Rodentia: Muridae; Gray,1847), Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae; Linnaeus, 1758), Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae; Pallas, 1771) and Anourosorex squamipes, (Insectivora: Soricidae; Milne-Edwards,1872) which have been identified as the main wild reservoir of disease, trapped from six districts of Sichuan province, southwest China, with the objectives of determining the prevalence of ectoparasites and identifying the potential risk factors associated with human health.