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ArticleParasites & vectors2016

The threatening but unpredictable Sarcoptes scabiei: first deadly outbreak in the Himalayan lynx, Lynx lynx isabellinus, from Pakistan.

Khalid Hameed, Samer Angelone-Alasaad, Jaffar Ud Din, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Luca Rossi

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Article in Parasites & vectors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Khalid HameedDepartment of Zoology, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
Samer Angelone-AlasaadInstitute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (IEU), University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland. sameralasaad@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-7276
Jaffar Ud DinSnow Leopard Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali NawazDepartment of Animal Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Luca RossiDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, I-10095, Grugliasco, Italy.
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PKQuaid-i-Azam University · PKUniversity of Malaya · MYUniversity of Turin · ITZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although neglected, the mite Sarcoptes scabiei is an unpredictable emerging parasite, threatening human and animal health globally. In this paper we report the first fatal outbreak of sarcoptic mange in the endangered Himalayan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus) from Pakistan. A 10-year-old male Himalayan lynx was found in a miserable condition with severe crusted lesions in Chitral District, and immediately died. Post-mortem examination determined high S. scabiei density (1309 mites/cm(2) skin). It is most probably a genuine emergence, resulting from a new incidence due to the host-taxon derived or prey-to-predator cross-infestation hypotheses, and less probable to be apparent emergence resulting from increased infection in the Himalayan lynx population. This is an alarming situation for the conservation of this already threatened population, which demands surveillance for early detection and eventually rescue and treatment of the affected Himalayan lynx.

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Disease OutbreaksLynxAnimalsPakistanSarcoptes scabieiScabiesChitral DistrictEmerging diseaseHuman-lynx conflictLynx lynx isabellinusNeglected parasitePakistanSarcoptes scabiei

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