A Dataset of Distribution and Diversity of Blood-sucking Mites in China

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Journal Sci Data

Specialty Science

Date 2021 Aug 6

PMID 34354081

Citations 5

Authors

Fan-Fei Meng

Qiang Xu

Jin-Jin Chen

Yang Ji

Wen-Hui Zhang

Zheng-Wei Fan

Guo-Ping Zhao

Bao-Gui Jiang

Tao-Xing Shi

Li-Qun Fang

Wei Liu

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Abstract

Mite-borne diseases, such as scrub typhus and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, present an increasing global public health concern. Most of the mite-borne diseases are caused by the blood-sucking mites. To present a comprehensive understanding of the distributions and diversity of blood-sucking mites in China, we derived information from peer-reviewed journal articles, thesis publications and books related to mites in both Chinese and English between 1978 and 2020. Geographic information of blood-sucking mites' occurrence and mite species were extracted and georeferenced at the county level. Standard operating procedures were applied to remove duplicates and ensure accuracy of the data. This dataset contains 6,443 records of mite species occurrences at the county level in China. This geographical dataset provides an overview of the species diversity and wide distributions of blood-sucking mites, and can potentially be used in distribution prediction of mite species and risk assessment of mite-borne diseases in China.

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