| [resurgence of the plague in the ikongo district of madagascar in 1998. 2. reservoirs and vectors implicated]. | our survey of mammals and fleas arose as a result of an outbreak of bubonic plague at an usually low altitude in the ikongo district (madagascar), while a previous study had found anti-f1 antibodies in an endemic hedgehog. animals were sampled with live traps in two hamlets (antanambao-vohidrotra, 540 m alt. and ambalagoavy, 265 m alt.) and with pitfall traps in a neighbouring forest (750 m alt.). rat fleas were collected by brushing the fur and free-living fleas by use of light traps. the intro ... | 2001 | 11475029 |
| [xenopsylla cheopis (siphonaptera: xenopsyllinae), fleas in rural plague areas of high altitude madagascar: level of sensitivity to ddt, pyrethroids and carbamates after 50 years of chemical vector control]. | the resistance of xenopsylla cheopis from urban area to pyrethroids, to ddt, and their susceptibility to carbamate are known. we have evaluated the susceptibility of x. cheopis collected from three rural localities: ambodisiarivo (district of antananarivo avaradrano), mandoto (district of betafo), analaroa (district of anjozorobe) in the province of antananarivo and in besoa (district of ambalavao) in the province of fianarantsoa. the standard who protocol was used and four insecticides were tes ... | 2000 | 12463026 |