Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Helminths in Rodent Communities in Southern Guatemala

Hernández-Mazariegos, Wendy C; Morán, David; Villatoro, Federico; Rodríguez, Manuel Sánchez; Álvarez, Danilo

doi:10.1645/19-107

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“…These parasites are Xenopslla cheopis, Orinthionyssus bacoti, Ioxodes sp, Hyminolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Cysticercus fasciolaris (Taenia taeniaformis), Acanthocephala, Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba histolytica/ dispar, Isospora sp, Blastocyst hominis, Giardia lamblia, and chilomastix sp. All of them are zoonotic and have medical importance (Hernández et al, 2020;Paniker & Ghosh, 2017). The above parasites have been previously reported in black rats (R. rattus) from several parts of the world (Becir et al, 2012;Claveria et al, 2005;Kataranovski et al, 2010;Ogunniyi et al, 2014;Shafiyyah et al, 2012;Sumangali et al, 2012), and also many authors reported similar parasites in brown rats, Rattus norvegicus (Abu-Madi et al, 2001;Al-Bashan & Sabra, 2012;Coomansingh et al, 2009;Morsy et al, 2012;Pakdad et al, 2012;Porta et al, 2014;Priyanto et al, 2014;Stojcevic et al, 2004;Waugh et al, 2006).…”

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“…In the current study, Moniliformis moniliformis was the only acanthocephalan isolated from the black rats, R. rattus, with an incidence rate of 2.2%. A wide range of mammals, including rats, are susceptible to M. monilifomis (Hernández et al, 2020). Human cases of this parasite have been reported in many countries (Paniker & Ghosh, 2017;Salehabadi et al, 2008).…”

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Preliminary Study on Ecto and Endoparasites of the Black Rats (Rattus Rattus) in Benghazi City

Fadiel,

Elsenussi,

Abdulwahid

2024

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Forty-five adult trapped black rats (Rattus rattus), 24 males and 21 females, were dissected and examined in this study for ecto and endoparasites. Three ectoparasites were detected, namely, the flea (Xenopsallya cheopis), mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti), and tick (Ixodes spp) with 48.9%, 13.3%, and 2.2% respectively. Meanwhile, many species of endoparasites were: Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (73.3%), Entamoeba coli (31.3%), Blastocystis hominus (8.9%), Giardia lamblia (15.6), Chilomastix sp. (4.4%), a coccidia sp. (13.3%), Hymenolips nana (2.2%), Hymenolips diminuta (44.4%), and Taenia taeniaformis (6.7%), and Moniliformis moniliformis (2.2%). Of all examined rats, 97.8 % (44/45) were found to harbor at least one parasite species with no significant differences between body weight, body length, and gender of the host with the prevalence of parasite species. Multiple infections occurred at six species per rat with different combinations of parasite infections. These results are the first records of the parasitic fauna of R. rattus in the Benghazi area.

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