Studies on animal schistosomes in Peninsular Malaysia: record of naturally infected animals and additional hosts of Schistosoma spindale.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1997 Jun; 28(2): 303-7
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ABSTRACT
Surveillance studies on cercarial dermatitis were carried out in paddy growing areas in Peninsular Malaysia. It was observed that dermatitis in paddy planters occurred in paddy fields which were cultivated using animals such as bafflos or fields where domestic animals were allowed to graze during the off planting season as these animals harbored the parasite. The causative agent of cercarial dermatitis was Schistosoma spindale. A total of 215 small mammals trapped from Alor Setar and 126 trapped from Labu were examined for the schistosome. In Alor Setar Bandicota indica, Rattus argentiventer and Rattus rattus diardii were the only wild mammals found to be infected with the parasite, while in the Labu areas only Rattus tiomanicus jalorensis was positive for the schistosome. The occurrence of S. spindale in R. argentiventer and R.r. diardii in Alor Setar and in R.t. jalorensis in Labu constitute new host and geographic distribution records of the schistosome.
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Asunto principal:
Ratas
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Roedores
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Esquistosomiasis
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Enfermedades Cutáneas Parasitarias
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Humanos
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Reservorios de Enfermedades
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Bovinos
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Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas
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Dermatitis
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Animales
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Asia
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
1997
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