%0 Journal Article
%T Fleas and trypanosomes of peridomestic small mammals in sub-Saharan Mali
%A David Safronetz
%A Jennifer M. Anderson
%A Job E. Lopez
%A Nafomon Sogoba
%A Ousmane Ma£żga
%A Robert J. Fischer
%A Tom G. Schwan
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1818-5
%X Fleas are obligate blood-feeding ectoparasites and vectors of several bacterial zoonotic pathogens as well as trypanosomes that parasitize rodents and other small mammals. During investigations of tick- and rodent-borne diseases in Mali, West Africa, we included fleas and rodent-borne trypanosomes, both of which are poorly known in this country, but are attracting greater public health interest
%K Siphonaptera
%K Rodents
%K Shrews
%K Trypanosomosis
%K West Africa
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057378/