3.4.1 Flea collected from rodents
Four species of fleas (n= 190) were collected from six species of rodents (n=73/291) from a total of nine rodent species that were captured with Sherman animal live traps in plague and non-plague foci villages across wet season (January-February) and dry season (July) of 2022. We found that total flea index in wet season was 0.53 (SD=1.54), dry season was 0.78 (SD= 1.66), plague foci was 0.71 (SD= 1.81) and non-plague foci was 0.55 (SD= 1.13). Flea species that were collected in this study were Dinopsyllus lypusus (46.32 %), Ctenophthalmus spp (26.84 %), Xenopsylla brasiliensis (16.32 %) and Xenopsylla cheopis (10.53 %). Collected fleas were evaluated to estimate total flea indices (TFI) and prevalence of flea infestation among rodent species (table 1) . Apparently, there was no flea collected from three species of rodents Grammomys spp, Praomys delectorum and Otomys spp .