New host, geographical records, and factors affecting the prevalence of helminths infection from synanthropic rodents in Yucatán, Mexico

• Published in: Helminthologia
• Main Authors: Panti-May, J. A., Palomo-Arjona, E., Gurubel-González, Y., Torres-Castro, M. A., Vidal Martínez, V. M., Machain-Williams, C., Hernández-Betancourt, S. F., Robles, Maria del Rosario
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Versita
• Subjects: Helminthes; Zoonoses; Rodents; Mexico; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Martínez; Rosario; Robles; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/66194

The aim of this paper was to study the occurrence of helminths in Mus musculus and Rattus rattus from urban, suburban and rural settlements in Yucatán, Mexico; and to analyse the host factors (e.g. sex) related to helminths? distribution. Helminths in a total of 279 rodents were surveyed by visual e...