Helminths of urban rats in developed countries: a systematic review to identify research gaps

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Gliga, Diana, S, Pisanu, Benoît, Walzer, Chris, Desvars-Larrive, Amélie
• Other Authors: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni), Patrimoine naturel (PatriNat), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Office français de la biodiversité (OFB), Open access funding provided by University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, ADL was financially supported by a postdoctoral fellowship (FU-282-PDC) provided by the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Rattus rattus; Rattus norvegicus; Helminth; Urban habitat; City; Review; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; New Zealand; Prisma
• Online Access: https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-04171554; https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-04171554/document; https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-04171554/file/Gliga2020%20s00436-020-06776-3.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06776-3

International audience Although black ( Rattus rattus) and brown ( Rattus norvegicus ) rats are among the most widespread synanthropic wild rodents, there is a surprising scarcity of knowledge about their ecology in the urban ecosystem. In particular, relatively few studies have investigated their h...