Monospecific helminth and arthropod infections in an urban population of brown rats from Doha, Qatar

Parasitic infections were studied for the first time in an urban population of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Doha. Only one species of helminth was found, the cestode Hymenolepis diminuta, and one ectoparasite, the flea Xenopsylla astia, from a sample size of 136 rats (52 males and 84 females)...

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Main Authors: Abu-Madi, Marwan A., Lewis, John W., Mikhail, M., El-Nagger, M.E., Behnke, Jerzy M.
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2001
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29496/