Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (IEU), University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Vet Parasitol. 2012 Apr 30;185(2-4):359-63. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.039. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
The ubiquitous Sarcoptes mite is unexplainable emerging and re-emerging parasite, threatening biodiversity and human health. When a new outbreak occurs, it is not clear if it is a genuine emergence resulting from a new incidence or apparent emergence resulting from increased detection. In this paper we report, for the first time to our knowledge, an outbreak of sarcoptic mange in giraffes in the wild. Three decaying carcasses and five free-ranging subadult reticulated giraffes were observed to have mange-like lesions in the drought-suffering Wajir Region in North Eastern Kenya, while apparently all sympatric wild and domestic animals were mange-free. Affected giraffes were captured and successfully treated. The possible relations between this outbreak and annual seasons, animal age-classes and sex, and spatial distribution are discussed.
无处不在的疥螨是一种无法解释的新兴和再现寄生虫，威胁着生物多样性和人类健康。当新的疫情爆发时，尚不清楚这是真正的新发病例引起的出现，还是由于检测增加而导致的明显出现。在本文中，我们首次报告了野生长颈鹿中爆发的疥癣病。在肯尼亚东北部遭受干旱的瓦吉尔地区，我们观察到三头腐烂的尸体和五头自由放养的未成年网纹长颈鹿身上出现了类似疥癣的病变，而显然所有共存的野生动物和家畜都没有疥癣。受感染的长颈鹿被捕获并成功治疗。讨论了此次疫情与年度季节、动物年龄和性别以及空间分布之间的可能关系。
