Ahmad Nur Izzah Izzati, Rahim Noor Aisyah A, Roslan Azuan, Adrus Madinah, Ahamad Mariana, Hassan Marina, Lola Muhamad Safiih, Afiq Ramlee Mohd Noor, Zahidin Muhamad Aidil, Abdullah Mohd Tajuddin
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Biodiversity and Forestry Management Division, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Wisma Sumber Asli, 25, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 4, 62574 Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Data Brief. 2020 Apr 28;30:105621. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105621. eCollection 2020 Jun.
This data article presents on the ectoparasites infestation on small mammals in Peninsular Malaysia. The dataset on ectoparasites infestation is important because it raises a major medical concern regarding the spread of potentially zoonotic disease from wildlife to human. Tick and chigger are the primary ectoparasites as reservoirs of vector-borne diseases found on small mammals in Malaysia. These small mammals that are infested with ectoparasites occupy various types of habitats, including human settlements, could be of community health risks as the carriers of potentially zoonotic diseases. Field samplings were conducted from February 2015 to February 2016 in three different ecological habitats of mixed dipterocarp forest, coastal forest and insular forest, in Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 35 and 22 species of bats and rodents respectively were captured and examined for ectoparasites. Twenty-three species of bats and 16 species of small mammal were recorded as hosts for at least one species of ectoparasites. These findings show that the highest ectoparasite infestation occurred on bat community.
本文献数据展示了马来西亚半岛小型哺乳动物身上的体外寄生虫感染情况。关于体外寄生虫感染的数据集很重要，因为它引发了一个重大的医学担忧，即潜在的人畜共患病从野生动物传播到人类。蜱和恙螨是马来西亚小型哺乳动物身上作为媒介传播疾病宿主的主要体外寄生虫。这些感染了体外寄生虫的小型哺乳动物占据了包括人类住区在内的各种栖息地，作为潜在人畜共患病的携带者，可能会对社区健康构成风险。2015年2月至2016年2月期间，在马来西亚登嘉楼的三种不同生态栖息地——龙脑香混交林、沿海森林和岛屿森林进行了野外采样。总共捕获并检查了35种蝙蝠和22种啮齿动物的体外寄生虫。记录到23种蝙蝠和16种小型哺乳动物至少作为一种体外寄生虫的宿主。这些发现表明，蝙蝠群落的体外寄生虫感染率最高。
