Publication: Helminth communities in murid rodents from southern and northern localities in Lao PDR: The role of habitat and season
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2014-01-01
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14752697
0022149X
0022149X
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Helminthology. Vol.88, No.3 (2014), 302-309
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N. Pakdeenarong, P. Siribat, K. Chaisiri, B. Douangboupha, A. Ribas, Y. Chaval, V. Herbreteau, S. Morand Helminth communities in murid rodents from southern and northern localities in Lao PDR: The role of habitat and season. Journal of Helminthology. Vol.88, No.3 (2014), 302-309. doi:10.1017/S0022149X13000187 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33173
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Helminth communities in murid rodents from southern and northern localities in Lao PDR: The role of habitat and season
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Mahasarakham University
Mahidol University
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute
Universiteit Antwerpen
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP)
Universite de La Reunion
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554
CIRAD Centre de Recherche de Montpellier
Kasetsart University
Mahidol University
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute
Universiteit Antwerpen
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP)
Universite de La Reunion
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554
CIRAD Centre de Recherche de Montpellier
Kasetsart University
Abstract
The helminth communities of wild murid rodents were investigated in Luang Prabang and Champasak province, Lao PDR. Thirteen species of rodents (404 individuals) were infected by 19 species of parasites (2 trematode, 3 cestode, 14 nematode species). Four of the recorded helminth species (Echinostoma malayanum, Raillietina sp., Hymenolepis diminuta and H. nana) are known to cause potential zoonotic helminthiases of medical importance in the South-East Asian region. Individual helminth infection was significantly higher in the wet season. Habitat significantly influenced individual helminth species richness and individual helminth abudance, with a decrease of individual helminth species richness and individual helminth abundance from forest habitat to agricultural and human settlement habitats the reduction of helminth diversity and abundance is discussed in relation to the ongoing increase of human influence on habitats in Lao PDR. copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013.