Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to all the people whose extensive efforts made
this study successful. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to
Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and
Biosensor Technology and Development (ACE IRPM&BTD) for funding this
research work. We also acknowledge Mr Omary Milango a field assistant
and rodent technician of Institute of Pest Management at Sokoine
University of Agriculture, Morogoro Tanzania who assisted in rodent data
collection and Miss Miriam Jophrey Bukuku and Mr Mwita Wambura of
department of microbiology, parasitology and biotechnology at SUA who
assisted in flea processing and identification.