PMID- 21771459
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120123
LR  - 20180219
IS  - 2352-4146 (Electronic)
IS  - 1995-7645 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 Mar
TI  - Acariasis on pet Burmese python, Python molurus bivittatus in Malaysia.
PG  - 227-8
LID - 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60075-8 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To identify the acari present on pet Burmese pythons in Malaysia and 
      to determine whether there is any potential public health risk related to 
      handling of the snakes. METHODS: Two sub-adult Burmese pythons kept as pets for a 
      period of about 6 to 7 months by different owners, were brought to an exotic 
      animal practice for treatment. On a complete medical examination, some ticks and 
      mites (acari) were detected beneath the dorsal and ventral scales along body 
      length of the snakes. Ticks were directly identified and mites were mounted prior 
      to identification. RESULTS: A total of 12 ticks represented by 3 males, 2 females 
      and 7 nymphal stages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (R. sanguineus) were extracted 
      from the first python while the other one was with 25 female Ophionyssus natricis 
      (O. natricis) mesostigmatid mites. Only adult female mites were found. These 
      mites are common ectoparasites of Burmese pythons. CONCLUSIONS: Both the acarine 
      species found on the Burmese pythons are known vectors of pathogens. This is the 
      first record that R. sanguineus has been reported from a pet Burmese python in 
      Malaysia.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Hainan Medical College. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights 
      reserved.
FAU - Mariana, A
AU  - Mariana A
AD  - Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala 
      Lumpur, Malaysia. mariana@imr.gov.my
FAU - Vellayan, S
AU  - Vellayan S
FAU - Halimaton, I
AU  - Halimaton I
FAU - Ho, T M
AU  - Ho TM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110412
PL  - India
TA  - Asian Pac J Trop Med
JT  - Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine
JID - 101533720
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Boidae/*parasitology
MH  - Female
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Male
MH  - Mite Infestations/*parasitology
MH  - Mites/classification/*growth & development
MH  - Pets/*parasitology
MH  - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
MH  - Ticks/classification/*growth & development
EDAT- 2011/07/21 06:00
MHDA- 2012/01/24 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/21 06:00
PHST- 2010/11/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/12/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/01/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/07/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/01/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1995-7645(11)60075-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60075-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2011 Mar;4(3):227-8. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60075-8. 
      Epub 2011 Apr 12.