Data on ectoparasites infestation on small mammals from different habitats in east-coast Peninsular Malaysia
| Autor: | Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah, Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee, Muhamad Aidil Zahidin, Madinah Adrus, Marina Hassan, Noor Aisyah A. Rahim, Nur Izzah Izzati Ahmad, Mariana Ahamad, Muhamad Safiih Lola, Azuan Roslan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Rodent Wildlife South China Sea Tick lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics medicine.disease_cause Zoonotic disease Bug 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Agricultural and Biological Science Off coast-islands biology.animal parasitic diseases Infestation medicine Tasik Kenyir lcsh:Science (General) 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences East coast Multidisciplinary biology Ecology Terengganu Bat Chigger biology.organism_classification Geography Habitat lcsh:R858-859.7 Lice 030217 neurology & neurosurgery lcsh:Q1-390 Setiu Wetland |
| Zdroj: | Data in Brief Data in Brief, Vol 30, Iss, Pp 105621-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2352-3409 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105621 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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