| parasitic and phoretic arthropods of sylvatic and commensal white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) in central tennessee, with notes on lyme disease. | sixteen species of parasitic or phoretic arthropods were collected from 56 white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus, live-trapped in central tennessee from april through november 1987. arthropod infestation was compared for mice taken from sylvatic (woodland) versus commensal (household) habitats. three species were recorded from hosts in both habitats: the sucking louse hoplopleura hesperomydis, the flea epitedia wenmanni, and the laelapid mite androlaelaps casalis. twelve of the 13 remaining art ... | 1991 | 2010854 |
| parasitic arthropods of white-footed mice at mcclintic wildlife station, west virginia. | seven species of parasitic arthropods (one sucking louse, one bot, 2 fleas, one tick, and 2 mites) were recovered from 81 white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus, live-trapped on the grounds of the mcclintic wildlife station, mason county, wv, from march through november 1990. the most commonly collected arthropods were the fleas orchopeas leucopus (89 specimens) and epitedia wenmanni (23), and the tick dermacentor variabilis (38). sex ratios for both flea species were female biased; 1.8:1.0 for ... | 1994 | 8014620 |
| apparent incompetence of dermacentor variabilis (acari: ixodidae) and fleas (insecta: siphonaptera) as vectors of borrelia burgdorferi in an ixodes dammini endemic area of ontario, canada. | from april to october 1990, white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus (rafinesque), were examined for ectoparasites on long point, ontario, the only endemic area for ixodes dammini clifford, spielman, piesman & corwin and borrelia burgdorferi johnson, schmid, hyde, steigerwalt & brenner known in canada. larval and nymphal i. dammini and dermacentor variabilis (packard), and adult fleas orchopeas leucopus (baker), epitedia wenmanni (rothschild), and ctenophthalamus pseudagrytes baker were common on ... | 1991 | 1941949 |
| parasitic arthropods of sympatric meadow voles and white-footed mice at fort detrick, maryland. | twelve species of parasitic arthropods (one sucking louse, two fleas, one tick, and eight mites) were recovered from 51 meadow voles, microtus pennsylvanicus (ord); whereas nine species (one sucking louse, one bot, three fleas, one tick, and three mites) were collected from 48 white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus (rafinesque), live-trapped on the grounds of fort detrick, frederick county, md., during 1990 and 1991. the most commonly collected arthropods from m. pennsylvanicus were the fur mite ... | 1992 | 1404254 |