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In total, 172 rodents from crop fields and 97 from household compounds were trapped. Rodent species and numbers trapped from the crop fields and household compounds were <jats:italic>Mastomys awashensis<\/jats:italic> (Lavrenchenko, Likhnova &amp; Baskevich, 1998) (88 and 44), <jats:italic>Arvicanthis dembeensis<\/jats:italic> (Ruppel, 1842) (63 and 37) and <jats:italic>Acomys<\/jats:italic> sp. (21 and 16), respectively. A total of 558 insects and acarids (belonging to 11 taxa) were recovered from the rodents trapped in the crop fields, and 296 insects and acarid (belonging to 6 taxa) from the rodents trapped in the household compounds. Approximately 66% of the rodents trapped from the crop fields and 47% of those trapped from the household compounds were infested with ectoparasites. <jats:italic>Laelaps<\/jats:italic> sp. (64.9%) and <jats:italic>Xenopsylla<\/jats:italic> sp. 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