Habitats
Rodent species
No. rodents examined
No. rodents infested (prevalence)
No. fleas collected and (SFI)
No. fleas collected and (SFI)
No. fleas collected and (SFI)
No. fleas collected and (SFI)
X. brasiliensis X. cheopis D. lypusus Ctenophthalmus spp
Bush land
A. niloticus
27
4 (0.15)
0
0
6 (0.22)
3 (0.11)
Grammomys spp 5 0 0 0 0 0
Lemniscomys striatus 7 0 0 0 0 0
Mastomys natalensis 12 5 (0.42) 0 0 4 (0.33) 1 (0.08)
Otomys spp 2 0 0 0 0 0
Farm land
A. niloticus
10
2 (0.2)
0
0
4 (0.4)
0
Grammomys spp 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lemniscomys striatus 29 10 (0.34) 4 (0.14) 0 19 (0.66) 12 (0.41)
L. flavopunctatus 2 1 (0.5) 0 0 2 (1) 0
M. natalensis 45 13 (0.29) 3 (0.07) 3 (0.07) 16 (0.36) 15 (0.33)
Forest buffer zone
Grammomys spp
5
0
0
0
0
0
G. murinus 2 1 (0.5) 0 0 3 (1.5) 0
L. flavopunctatus 11 3 (0.27) 0 0 6 (0.55) 1 (0.09)
M. natalensis 27 7 (0.26) 6 (0.22) 0 8 (0.3) 3 (0.11)
P. delectorum 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peridomestic
A. niloticus
33
6 0.18)
0
0
5 (0.15)
9 (0.27)
Grammomys spp 1 0 0 0 0 0
L. striatus 7 3 (0.43) 0 0 7 (1) 1 (0.14)
M. natalensis 38 6 (0.16) 0 0 8 (0.21) 6 (0.16)
Otomys spp 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rattus rattus 25 12 (0.48) 18 (0.72) 17 (0.68) 0 0
Total 291 73 (0.25) 31 20 88 51