Madinah A, Fatimah A, Mariana A, Abdullah M T
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 Jul;42(4):803-13.
Field surveys of ectoparasites on rodents and scandents were conducted in four localities of wildlife reserves in Peninsular Malaysia from October 2008 to November 2009. A total of 16 animals comprising 5 species of hosts were caught and examined for ectoparasites. The hosts examined were Maxomys rajah, Maxomys whiteheadi, Leopoldamys sabanus, Lariscus insignis and Tupaia glis. Of these hosts, 9 genera, consisting of 14 species of ectoparasites were extracted. Three species of ticks (Ixodidae), 7 species of mesostigmatid mites (Laelaptidae), 3 species of chiggers (Trombiculidae) and 1 species of listrophorid mites (Listrophoriidae) were identified. The infestation rate of ectoparasites observed ranged from 12.5% to 62.5%. Among the ectoparasites found, Ixodes granulatus and Leptotrombidium deliense are of known medical importance.
2008年10月至2009年11月期间，在马来西亚半岛野生动物保护区的四个地点对啮齿动物和攀缘动物身上的体外寄生虫进行了实地调查。共捕获了包括5种宿主在内的16只动物，并对其体外寄生虫进行了检查。检查的宿主有大长吻松鼠、白氏长吻松鼠、萨氏稻鼠、小泡巨鼠和笔尾树鼩。在这些宿主身上，提取了9个属，共14种体外寄生虫。鉴定出3种蜱（硬蜱科）、7种中气门螨（厉螨科）、3种恙螨（恙螨科）和1种兔螨（兔螨科）。观察到的体外寄生虫感染率在12.5%至62.5%之间。在所发现的体外寄生虫中，粒形硬蜱和地里纤恙螨具有已知的医学重要性。
