Abstract
During the period from July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1950, a survey was conducted to elucidate the relation of the commensal house mouse (Mus musculus Linnaeus) to the epidemiology of murine typhus in the State of Mississippi. House mice were live-trapped and their ectoparasites were removed by a brushing and washing technique. It was found in this survey that the most abundant and widely distributed ectoparasites of the house mouse were two species of fur mites, Radfordia affunis Poppe and Myobia murismusculi (Schrank) (52.9% of all ectoparasites collected), family Myobiidae, and a representative of the family Listrophoridae, Myocoptes musculinus Koch (35.4%). These species are believed to be true obligate ectoparasites of the house mouse in Mississippi.
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