Ectoparasitic community of the Mahali mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali: potential host for vectors of medical importance in South Africa.
Ectoparasitic community of the Mahali mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali: potential host for vectors of medical importance in South Africa.
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DOI：
10.1186/s13071-020-04537-w
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发表时间：
2021-01-06
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Hart DW
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作者：
Fagir DM;Bennett NC;Ueckermann EA;Howard A;Hart DW
在非洲，特别是南非，地方性啮齿动物家族的Bathyergidae，作为具有重要医学意义的疾病的水库研究不足。考虑到南非非洲鼹鼠的多样性和广泛分布，许多这些深海动物可能是人畜共患病的携带者。本研究评估了Mahali鼹鼠（Cryptomys hottentotus mahali）的体外寄生虫群落。我们的目的是确定可能的寄生节肢动物，可能侵染这鼹鼠种，并探讨主机的偏好，季节性，主机性别和体重以及社会阶层和殖民地大小上的外寄生虫组合的流行率和丰度的贡献。在C. H. Mahali属于两个重要的分类群：螨（阿卡里）和蚤，其中螨是最普遍和最丰富的。我们记录了X的存在。philoxera，一种跳蚤，众所周知是南部非洲地区Mahali鼹鼠上鼠疫的主要宿主。仅采集到三种螨：肩突Androlaelaps scapularis、Capensis Androlaelaps和利比里亚Laelaps liberiensis。X的流行率和丰度的季节性高峰。philoxera和A.夏季观察肩胛肌。喜旱客蚤（Xenopsylla philoxera）丰度和A.与非生殖个体相比，生殖鼹鼠个体的肩胛肌负荷显著增加。尽管地下非洲鼹鼠分布广泛，但对其寄生动物区系的研究仍然有限且稀少。这种知识的缺乏引起了人们对它们作为人畜共患疾病的地方性储存库的潜在作用的关注。因此，迫切需要在其整个分布范围内对它们的外寄生虫群落进行更多的取样，并研究它们作为南部非洲人畜共患病储存库的作用。
The endemic rodent family of Bathyergidae in Africa, particularly South Africa, are understudied as reservoirs of diseases of significant medical importance. Considering the diversity and wide distribution of African mole-rats in South Africa, many of these bathyergids could act as carriers of zoonoses. The present study assessed the ectoparasite community of the Mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali). We aimed to identify possible parasitic arthropods that may infest this mole-rat species and explore host preference, contributions of seasonality, host sex and body mass as well as social class and colony size on ectoparasite assemblage prevalence and abundance. A limited number of ectoparasite species were found on C. h. mahali belonging to two significant taxa: mites (Acari) and fleas, with mites being the most prevalent and abundant. We recorded the presence of X. philoxera, a flea well known as the principal reservoir of plague in the southern African region on the Mahali mole-rats. Only three mite species were collected: Androlaelaps scapularis, Androlaelaps capensis and Laelaps liberiensis. Seasonal peaks in prevalence and abundance of X. philoxera and A. scapularis were observed during summer. Xenopsylla philoxera abundance and A. scapularis loads significantly increased on reproductive mole-rat individuals in comparison to non-reproductive individuals. Despite the wide distribution of the subterranean African mole-rats, studies investigating their parasitic fauna remain limited and scarce. This dearth in knowledge raises the concern regarding their potential role as an endemic reservoir for zoonotic diseases. Consequently, additional sampling of their ectoparasitic community throughout their distributional range and research addressing their role as a reservoir for zoonotic diseases in southern Africa are urgently needed.
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影响因子：
2.7
作者：
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通讯作者：
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