[Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the human environment. Analytic findings between 1961-1983 in the district of Leipzig (East Germany). II. Spacial and temporal distribution].
During the last 20 years there has been very little infestation with fleas in the district of Leipzig. Out of the 8 species only Pulex irritans and Ctenocephalides felis are of hygienic concern. Greater numbers of them were found in densely populated urban districts. Origins of infestation were mainly dogs and cats kept in unhygienic conditions, and retreats of feral cats. There have been changes in the dominance of fleas associated with man. P. irritans probably had been the dominant species for centuries. About the turn of the 19th century Ctenocephalides canis attained codominance. Since the 1960s C. felis has been dominating.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003710:Demography; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000517:prevention & control; D005859:Germany, East; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012621:Seasons; D005423:Siphonaptera; D013045:Species Specificity
Flöhe (Siphonaptera) beim Menschen. Befundanalyse 1961 bis 1983 im Bezirk Leipzig (DDR). Teil II: Räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung.