Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
    
    Letter
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Fleas in Plague Focus Areas, Madagascar
Table
Number of fleas collected from rodents and by candle traps per species and per study site, Madagascar, 2013–2014
| Source | Flea species | Beranimbo | Ambiamamy | Sahakondro | Antsiatsiaka* | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rattus rattus rat | Synopsyllus fonquerniei | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 
| Xenopsylla cheopis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Xenopsylla brasiliensis | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Echidnophaga gallinacea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candle trap | Tunga penetrans | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 
| Pulex irritans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
| Synopsyllus fonquerniei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
*Control village where no plague cases and no insecticide treatment occurred.
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