Julius, Rolanda Sunayé; Zengeya, Tsungai Alfred; Schwan, Ernst Volker; Chimimba, Christian Timothy(Frontiers Media, 2021-06)
Poor socio-economic and unsanitary conditions are conducive to commensal rodent
infestations, and these conditions are widespread in South Africa. Cestode species of
zoonotic interest are highly prevalent in commensal ...
Julius, Rolanda Sunayé; Schwan, Ernst Volker; Chimimba, Christian Timothy(Cambridge University Press, 2018-07)
Although synanthropic rodents such as the indigenous species, Mastomys coucha, and the invasive species, Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and R. tanezumi, are well-known to be hosts to various micro- and macroparasites, their ...
Julius, Rolanda Sunayé; Schwan, Ernst Volker; Chimimba, Christian Timothy(Springer, 2018-04)
Concurrent studies of helminth parasites of introduced and native rodent species are few and miss the opportunity to identify potential co-invasive parasite species. This study employed molecular tools to infer the phylogeny ...
