[Rodent fleas (Siphonaptera, Insecta) in the Terek-Kuma interfluve].

The fauna of rodent fleas comprises 19 species in the Terek-Kuma interfluve. Most detected parasites settle together with their hosts within and outside this area. Only gerbils and their parasites are limited to the spread in a semi-desert zone. The attribution of the fleas to various hosts, such as little sousliks, gerbils, jerboas, mice, and common voles, is not absolute and the parasites are, in addition to the principal hosts, encountered on the rodents of other species. Exchange of the parasites between different host species makes possible the passaging of pathogens of infectious diseases among them.