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Human-dominated habitats and helminth parasitism in Southeast Asian murids

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The effect of habitat anthropization is investigated using a comparative analysis based on a literature survey of the gastrointestinal helminths of murid rodents described in Southeast Asia (SEA). The literature survey gave 30 references on helminth diversity concerning 20 murid rodent species. The diversity of helminths was high with a total of 13 species of cestodes, 15 species of trematodes, 29 species of nematodes and one species of acanthocephalans. The highest helminth species richness was found in Rattus tanezumi, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus argentiventer, all these species were found in more human-dominated habitats (agricultural areas or human settlements). Helminth species richness was positively linked across rodent species to the level of the anthropization of the host environment from forests, agricultural areas to human settlements.

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This study is supported by the French ANR Biodiversity (ANR 07 BDIV 012, project CERoPath) “Community Ecology of Rodents and their Pathogens in a Changing Environment”.

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  1. Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

    Kittipong Chaisiri

  2. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Kittipong Chaisiri, Win Chaeychomsri & Jindawan Siruntawineti

  3. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, UMR 5554 CNRS-IRD-UM2, CC65, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, 34095, France

    Frédéric Bordes & Serge Morand

  4. UR22 AGIRs CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, 34398, France

    Vincent Herbreteau & Serge Morand

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Chaisiri, K., Chaeychomsri, W., Siruntawineti, J. et al. Human-dominated habitats and helminth parasitism in Southeast Asian murids. Parasitol Res 107, 931–937 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-1955-2

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