<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Only a few surveys have ever been carried out of the helminths of the commensal rodents found in the traditional wet markets that play such an important part of daily life in South-east Asia. The potential of rodents as reservoirs of zoonoses including helminths is of great interest since in these markets humans and rodents come into closer contact than in other environments and food may be indirectly contaminated via rodent faeces. Helminths in a total of 98 rats belonging to two species (<italic>Rattus norvegicus</italic> and <italic>Rattus exulans</italic>) were surveyed in eight traditional wet markets in Udon Thani, Thailand. Thirteen species of helminths were recovered, seven of which are potentially zoo-notic, with an overall prevalence of 89.8 %. Our results show that rodents in wet markets could pose a threat to human health as potential reservoirs of zoonotic helminthiases.</p></abstract>

Only a few surveys have ever been carried out of the helminths of the commensal rodents found in the traditional wet markets that play such an important part of daily life in South-east Asia. The potential of rodents as reservoirs of zoonoses including helminths is of great interest since in these markets humans and rodents come into closer contact than in other environments and food may be indirectly contaminated via rodent faeces. Helminths in a total of 98 rats belonging to two species (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus exulans) were surveyed in eight traditional wet markets in Udon Thani, Thailand. Thirteen species of helminths were recovered, seven of which are potentially zoo-notic, with an overall prevalence of 89.8 %. Our results show that rodents in wet markets could pose a threat to human health as potential reservoirs of zoonotic helminthiases.

Helminths in rodents from Wet Markets in Thailand

Biodiversity Research Group, Faculty of Science, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani 41000,

Walai Rukhavej Botanical Research Institute (WRBRI), Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham 44150,

Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Oko, Nankoku 783-8505,

Helminthologia

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Only a few surveys have ever been carried out of the helminths of the commensal rodents found in the traditional wet markets that play such an important part...

Helminths in rodents from Wet Markets in Thailand

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 21, 2016

Page range: 326 - 330

Received: Jul 01, 2016

Accepted: Oct 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0036

Keywords
Norwegian rat, Pacific rat, zoonoses, wet markets

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Helminths in rodents from Wet Markets in Thailand

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 21, 2016

Page range: 326 - 330

Received: Jul 01, 2016

Accepted: Oct 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0036

KeywordsNorwegian rat, Pacific rat, zoonoses, wet markets

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Norwegian rat, Pacific rat, zoonoses, wet markets