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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Cambridge University Press
2001
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29496/ |