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II. Note on the species of fleas found upon rats, Mus rattus and Mus decumanus, in different parts of the world, and on some variations in the proportion of each species in different localities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Hon. N. Charles Rothschild
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Ceratophyllus fasciatus1 is the flea usually found on Mus decumanus in Great Britain, and this is also the case, apparently, throughout Northern and Central Europe. The common house mouse, Mus musculus, occasionally harbours this parasite also, though its usual flea is Ctenopsylla musculi.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 6 , Issue 4: Extra “Plague Number” , September 1906 , pp. 483 - 485
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1906

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