N. PakdeenarongP. SiribatK. ChaisiriB. DouangbouphaA. RibasY. ChavalV. HerbreteauS. MorandMahasarakham UniversityMahidol UniversityNational Agriculture and Forestry Research InstituteUniversiteit AntwerpenCentre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP)Universite de La ReunionInstitut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554CIRAD Centre de Recherche de MontpellierKasetsart University2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Journal of Helminthology. Vol.88, No.3 (2014), 302-309147526970022149X2-s2.0-84905638525https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33173The 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.Mahidol UniversityAgricultural and Biological SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1017/S0022149X13000187