Mariana A, Mohd Kulaimi B, Halimaton I, Suhaili Z A, Shahrul-Anuar M S, Nor Zalipah M, Ho T M
Acarology Unit, Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2011 Jan;1(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60057-9.
To identify the presence of acarine ectoparasites and determine whether there is any potential public health risk in Panti Forest Reserve, Johore, Malaysia.
Trapping of animals and avifauna was conducted simultaneously along 5 expedition trails using 150 wire traps, 10 harp traps and 30 mist nets for 6 consecutive nights. A total of 140 animals consisting of 7 species of birds, 19 species of bats, 6 species of rodents and 1 species of tree-shrew as well as 8 myriapods were examined.
Infestation rates of ticks, mesostigmatid mites and chiggers on animals examined were 24.3%, 28.6% and 27.9%, respectively. Infestation on bats was low (1.5%) and none occurred on birds. Majority of ticks extracted were at immature stages (78.9%). Genera of ticks on animals were Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis and Ixodes. Ixodes granulatus was the only species of ticks identified from the animals. Examination of ticks under vegetation revealed 54% adults leading to identification of 3 species of ticks. A total of 7 species of mesostigmatid mites were found. 6 species were on rodent, Maxomys surifer and another one species, Laelaps nuttalli was found only on Leopoldamys sabanus. Laelaps sanguisugus was the only mesostigmatid found infesting tree-shrews. Seven genera of chiggers were identified. From this, 5 genera were on rodents, 4 genera on tree-shrews and 1 genus on a bat.
A total of 16 genera, 2 sub-genus and 14 species of acarine ectoparasites were found in this area. Findings of the survey demonstrate the presence of three spesies of acarine ectoparasites which have potential health risk i.e. Ixodes granulatus, Laelaps nuttalli and Leptotrombidium deliense.
确定马来西亚柔佛州潘蒂森林保护区中是否存在螨类体外寄生虫，并判断是否存在任何潜在的公共卫生风险。
沿着5条考察路线同时使用150个铁丝陷阱、10个竖琴陷阱和30个捕雾网对动物和鸟类进行连续6晚的诱捕。共检查了140只动物，包括7种鸟类、19种蝙蝠、6种啮齿动物、1种树鼩以及8种多足动物。
在所检查动物身上，蜱、中气门螨和恙螨的感染率分别为24.3%、28.6%和27.9%。蝙蝠的感染率较低（1.5%），鸟类未出现感染情况。采集到的蜱多数处于未成熟阶段（78.9%）。动物身上的蜱属包括钝缘蜱属、革蜱属、血蜱属和硬蜱属。粒形硬蜱是从动物身上鉴定出的唯一蜱种。对植被下的蜱进行检查发现，54%为成虫，共鉴定出3种蜱。共发现7种中气门螨。6种存在于啮齿动物苏门皱脸姬鼠身上，另一种纳氏厉螨仅在萨氏猪尾鼠身上发现。吸血厉螨是唯一在树鼩身上发现的中气门螨。鉴定出7属恙螨。其中，5属存在于啮齿动物身上，4属存在于树鼩身上，1属存在于1只蝙蝠身上。
该地区共发现16属、2亚属和14种螨类体外寄生虫。调查结果表明，存在三种具有潜在健康风险的螨类体外寄生虫，即粒形硬蜱、纳氏厉螨和地里纤恙螨。
