Gastrointestinal helminth infections and ectoparasitism in wild rodents along wildlife-human interfaces in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrointestinal parasites pose a significant threat to human and domestic animal health across Africa. Despite numerous studies on ectoparasitism and endoparasitism in small mammals across different regions of the continent, the ecological role of rodents in transmission dynamics of gastrointestinal helminths remains poorly understood. This study aimed to identify gastrointestinal helminths in rodents and evaluate the influence of host-related factors, ectoparasite infestations, and environmental variables on helminth prevalence at wildlife-human interfaces in Tanzania.

Methods

Gastrointestinal helminth eggs were quantified using the modified McMaster method on samples from captured rodents. Correlations between parasitological data, host scaled mass index (SMI),

SUBMITTER: Msoffe VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788759 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature