Parasites threaten still today the health of humans and their animals, although considerable
progress had been achieved within the last century. However, phenomena such as …

The diversity and geographical distribution of fleas parasitizing small mammals have been
poorly investigated on Indian Ocean islands with the exception of Madagascar where …

The Yunnan province has one of the most serious outbreaks of the plague epidemic in
China. Small mammals and fleas are risk factors for the occurrence of plague in commensal …

Abstract The so-called Silk Road connected during the Middle Ages regions of China of our
days to Southern regions in Europe, passing countries like Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, etc., of our …

Background/aim: In the Western world, the emergence of historical research on the effects of
the social determinants of health has provided the discipline of public health with new …

Abstract The Yunnan Province has one of the most serious outbreaks of the plague
epidemic in China. Small mammals and fleas are risk factors for the occurrence of plague in …

This chapter covers important arthropods, which endanger humans either by application of
poison (as do scorpions and spiders) or by injection of agents of diseases (as do ticks, mites …

Xenopsylla guancha is the only flea species endemic to the Canary Islands (Beaucournu
and Launay, 1990). According to Sánchez and Gómez (2012), its distribution is limited to the …