Cargando…

Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India

BACKGROUND: Rodents and shrew living in the vicinity of human beings perform significant role to harbor different species of ectoparasites and thus act as the reservoir host for the spread of diseases to human and animals. METHODS: This study was undertaken to determine the species composition of th...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Paulraj, Philip Samuel, Renu, Govindarajan, Ranganathan, Krishnamoorthi, Veeramanoharan, Rajamannar, Kumar, Ashwani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636237
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v16i1.11192
_version_ 1784862800055631872
author Paulraj, Philip Samuel
Renu, Govindarajan
Ranganathan, Krishnamoorthi
Veeramanoharan, Rajamannar
Kumar, Ashwani
author_facet Paulraj, Philip Samuel
Renu, Govindarajan
Ranganathan, Krishnamoorthi
Veeramanoharan, Rajamannar
Kumar, Ashwani
author_sort Paulraj, Philip Samuel
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Rodents and shrew living in the vicinity of human beings perform significant role to harbor different species of ectoparasites and thus act as the reservoir host for the spread of diseases to human and animals. METHODS: This study was undertaken to determine the species composition of the medically important ectoparasites present in the scrub typhus affected places of Vellore District using wonder and Sherman traps for trapping of live Rodent/Shrew during September 2017 to August 2018. RESULTS: Rodent/shrew hosts belonged to two Families, three sub families and five genera and five different species. These animals carried 23 species of ectoparasites including 17 trombiculid mites, two non-trombiculid mites, two ticks and two fleas. A total of 940 chigger mites were collected which belonged to three Tribes, six Genera, two Subgenera and 17 species. Adult mites collected belonged to two families, three genera and three species. Ticks collected were classified under one family, two genera and two species. Fleas fall under one family, one subfamily, one tribe, one genus and two species. CONCLUSION: This is the first record of 14 species of chigger mites and three species of adult mites from Vellore District, Tamil Nadu. Surveillance of these keystone ectoparasites helped to identify the medically important disease vectors causing acari-borne zoonotic diseases.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9807841
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-98078412023-01-11 Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India Paulraj, Philip Samuel Renu, Govindarajan Ranganathan, Krishnamoorthi Veeramanoharan, Rajamannar Kumar, Ashwani J Arthropod Borne Dis Original Article BACKGROUND: Rodents and shrew living in the vicinity of human beings perform significant role to harbor different species of ectoparasites and thus act as the reservoir host for the spread of diseases to human and animals. METHODS: This study was undertaken to determine the species composition of the medically important ectoparasites present in the scrub typhus affected places of Vellore District using wonder and Sherman traps for trapping of live Rodent/Shrew during September 2017 to August 2018. RESULTS: Rodent/shrew hosts belonged to two Families, three sub families and five genera and five different species. These animals carried 23 species of ectoparasites including 17 trombiculid mites, two non-trombiculid mites, two ticks and two fleas. A total of 940 chigger mites were collected which belonged to three Tribes, six Genera, two Subgenera and 17 species. Adult mites collected belonged to two families, three genera and three species. Ticks collected were classified under one family, two genera and two species. Fleas fall under one family, one subfamily, one tribe, one genus and two species. CONCLUSION: This is the first record of 14 species of chigger mites and three species of adult mites from Vellore District, Tamil Nadu. Surveillance of these keystone ectoparasites helped to identify the medically important disease vectors causing acari-borne zoonotic diseases. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9807841/ /pubmed/36636237 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v16i1.11192 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Paulraj, Philip Samuel
Renu, Govindarajan
Ranganathan, Krishnamoorthi
Veeramanoharan, Rajamannar
Kumar, Ashwani
Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title_full Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title_fullStr Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title_full_unstemmed Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title_short Ectoparasites Diversity on Rodents and Shrews at Scrub Typhus Endemic Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India
title_sort ectoparasites diversity on rodents and shrews at scrub typhus endemic vellore district of tamil nadu, india
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636237
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jad.v16i1.11192
work_keys_str_mv AT paulrajphilipsamuel ectoparasitesdiversityonrodentsandshrewsatscrubtyphusendemicvelloredistrictoftamilnaduindia
AT renugovindarajan ectoparasitesdiversityonrodentsandshrewsatscrubtyphusendemicvelloredistrictoftamilnaduindia
AT ranganathankrishnamoorthi ectoparasitesdiversityonrodentsandshrewsatscrubtyphusendemicvelloredistrictoftamilnaduindia
AT veeramanoharanrajamannar ectoparasitesdiversityonrodentsandshrewsatscrubtyphusendemicvelloredistrictoftamilnaduindia
AT kumarashwani ectoparasitesdiversityonrodentsandshrewsatscrubtyphusendemicvelloredistrictoftamilnaduindia