Integrating databases for spatial analysis of parasite-host associations and the novel Brazilian dataset

We provided the NCBI Nucleotide and GBIF data of zoonotic microparasites used in the analysis to evaluate the geographycal and host/source information. This dataset also includes the lists of zoonotic microparasites, Brazilian wild mammals, and primary papers used to search all data retrieved from NCBI Nucleotide and GBIF databases, and to construct Brazilian Mammal Parasite Occurrence Data (BMPO). The BMPO is a new parasite-host association dataset, representing the best information currently available on parasite-host associations in Brazilian regions. The BMPO comprases parasites associated with mammal species identified in Brazil, morphological and life-history traits of mammal species and parasite epidemiological traits, precisely transmission mode and zoonotic status. This new dataset can be used to address questions related to (i) which species parasite wild free-ranging native mammals, (ii) which species comprise parasite hosts, (iii) where are the parasites located, and (iv) which parasites are found in a certain region. It also can be used to identify: i) priority areas for parasite surveillance and ii) priority species (host or parasite) for monitoring in Brazil.Auxiliary scripts and datasets are found here.<b>Funding:</b> Synthesis on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SinBiose) financial project MCTI/CNPq 442410/2019-0.本研究提供了分析所用的人畜共患微型寄生虫（zoonotic microparasites）的NCBI核苷酸数据库（NCBI Nucleotide）与全球生物多样性信息设施（Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF）数据，用于评估其地理分布与宿主/来源信息。本数据集还涵盖了人畜共患微型寄生虫名录、巴西野生哺乳动物名录，以及用于检索NCBI核苷酸数据库与GBIF数据库中全部数据、并构建巴西哺乳动物寄生虫发生数据集（Brazilian Mammal Parasite Occurrence Data, BMPO）的原始文献列表。 BMPO是一套全新的寄生虫-宿主关联数据集，代表了当前巴西区域内寄生虫-宿主关联相关的最优可用信息。该数据集涵盖了巴西境内已鉴定的哺乳动物宿主所关联的寄生虫、哺乳动物物种的形态学与生活史特征，以及寄生虫的流行病学特征，包括精确的传播方式与人畜共患状态。 这套全新数据集可用于解答以下四类问题：(i) 哪些寄生虫可寄生于野生自由栖息的本土哺乳动物；(ii) 哪些物种可作为寄生虫宿主；(iii) 寄生虫分布于哪些区域；(iv) 某一特定区域内存在哪些寄生虫。此外，该数据集还可用于识别两类重点对象：(i) 巴西境内寄生虫监测的优先区域；(ii) 需开展监测的宿主或寄生虫优先物种。 辅助脚本与数据集可于此处获取。 资助：生物多样性与生态系统服务综合研究（Synthesis on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, SinBiose）资助项目，编号MCTI/CNPq 442410/2019-0。