Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India

• Main Authors: Philip Samuel Paulraj (Author), Govindarajan Renu (Author), Krishnamoorthi Ranganathan (Author), Rajamannar Veeramanoharan (Author), Ashwani Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rodents and shrew living in the vicinity of human beings perform significant role to harbor different spe­cies of ectoparasites and thus act as the reservoir host for the spread of diseases to human and animals. Methods: This study was undertaken to determine the species composition of t...