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Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.

Rodents were collected from five wet markets (Chow Kit, Dato Keramat, Setapak, Jinjang and Kepong) in Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory between March to April 2006. Ninetyseven rats were trapped using wire traps measuring 29x22x50 cm baited with fruits, coconuts, dried fish or sweet potatoes. A total...

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Main Authors: Sithambaram, Paramasvaran, Abdullah Sani, Rehana, Hassan, Latiffah, Hanjeet, Kaur, Krishnasamy, M., Jeffery, J., Louis, Santhana Raj, Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali, Lim, K. H.
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Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7591/
http://www.msptm.org/files/67_-_72_Paramasvaran_S.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.75912010-07-27T08:28:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7591/ Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications. Sithambaram, Paramasvaran Abdullah Sani, Rehana Hassan, Latiffah Hanjeet, Kaur Krishnasamy, M. Jeffery, J. Louis, Santhana Raj Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali Lim, K. H. Rodents were collected from five wet markets (Chow Kit, Dato Keramat, Setapak, Jinjang and Kepong) in Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory between March to April 2006. Ninetyseven rats were trapped using wire traps measuring 29x22x50 cm baited with fruits, coconuts, dried fish or sweet potatoes. A total of 17 different species of parasites were identified from three species of rats out of which 11 (65%) were identified to be zoonotic. The helminths identified from the urban rats were nematodes- Capillaria hepatica, Gongylonema neoplasticum, Heterakis spumosa, Heterakis sp., Masterphorus muris, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Physolaptera sp., Pterogodermatis sp., Rictularia tani and Syphacia muris; cestodes- Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Hymenolepis sabnema, Hymenolepis sp., Raillietina sp. and Taenia taeniaeformis, and acanthocephalan- Moniliformis moniliformis. The following parasites are of potential medical importance: C. hepatica, G. neoplasticum, R. tani, S. muris, H. diminuta, H. nana, Raillietina sp. and T. taeniaeformis. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2009-02-21 Article PeerReviewed Sithambaram, Paramasvaran and Abdullah Sani, Rehana and Hassan, Latiffah and Hanjeet, Kaur and Krishnasamy, M. and Jeffery, J. and Louis, Santhana Raj and Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali and Lim, K. H. (2009) Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications. Tropical Biomedicine, 26 (1). pp. 67-72. ISSN 0127-5720 http://www.msptm.org/files/67_-_72_Paramasvaran_S.pdf English
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description Rodents were collected from five wet markets (Chow Kit, Dato Keramat, Setapak, Jinjang and Kepong) in Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory between March to April 2006. Ninetyseven rats were trapped using wire traps measuring 29x22x50 cm baited with fruits, coconuts, dried fish or sweet potatoes. A total of 17 different species of parasites were identified from three species of rats out of which 11 (65%) were identified to be zoonotic. The helminths identified from the urban rats were nematodes- Capillaria hepatica, Gongylonema neoplasticum, Heterakis spumosa, Heterakis sp., Masterphorus muris, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Physolaptera sp., Pterogodermatis sp., Rictularia tani and Syphacia muris; cestodes- Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Hymenolepis sabnema, Hymenolepis sp., Raillietina sp. and Taenia taeniaeformis, and acanthocephalan- Moniliformis moniliformis. The following parasites are of potential medical importance: C. hepatica, G. neoplasticum, R. tani, S. muris, H. diminuta, H. nana, Raillietina sp. and T. taeniaeformis.
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author Sithambaram, Paramasvaran
Abdullah Sani, Rehana
Hassan, Latiffah
Hanjeet, Kaur
Krishnasamy, M.
Jeffery, J.
Louis, Santhana Raj
Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali
Lim, K. H.
spellingShingle Sithambaram, Paramasvaran
Abdullah Sani, Rehana
Hassan, Latiffah
Hanjeet, Kaur
Krishnasamy, M.
Jeffery, J.
Louis, Santhana Raj
Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali
Lim, K. H.
Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
author_facet Sithambaram, Paramasvaran
Abdullah Sani, Rehana
Hassan, Latiffah
Hanjeet, Kaur
Krishnasamy, M.
Jeffery, J.
Louis, Santhana Raj
Sumarni, Mohd Ghazali
Lim, K. H.
author_sort Sithambaram, Paramasvaran
title Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
title_short Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
title_full Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
title_fullStr Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
title_full_unstemmed Endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in Kuala Lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
title_sort endo-parasite fauna of rodents caught in five wet markets in kuala lumpur and its potential zoonotic implications.
publisher Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7591/
http://www.msptm.org/files/67_-_72_Paramasvaran_S.pdf
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