THE CURRENT CONQUEST OF INTERTROPICAL AFR ICA BY PULEX-IRRITANS LINNAEUS, 1758

Authors
BEAUCOURNU JC LEPIVER M GUIGUEN C
Citation
Jc. Beaucournu et al., THE CURRENT CONQUEST OF INTERTROPICAL AFR ICA BY PULEX-IRRITANS LINNAEUS, 1758, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 86(4), 1993, pp. 290-294
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
86
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
290 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1993)86:4<290:TCCOIA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Owing to human parasites, two fleas, namely Pulex irritans Linne, 1758 and Tunga penetrans (L., 1758) were brought from America to intertrop ical Africa. The conquest of Africa by Pulex irritans, was really effe ctive since the fifties, evidently by european strains. Some examples selected in occidental and oriental Africa show the reality of this fa ct. Accordingly, the epidemiological modalities in plague's african fo ci can be strongly changed.