Makerere University, College of Education and External Studies, School of Distance and Lifelong studies, Department of distance education. P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
Makerere University, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
Afr Health Sci. 2020 Sep;20(3):1168-1178. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i3.20.
Rodents which constitute 42% of the world's mammalian population are major reservoirs of pathogens that cause zoonoses. Currently we know little about rodents' potential zoonotic transfer from human settlements into protected areas and how any such threats might be reduced.
To investigate the role of rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens along the boundary of Bwindi.
A rodent inventory in three villages along the edge of Bwindi, was carried using live trapping techniques and the local rodents' ecto and endoparasite fauna investigated.
Two hundred eighty eight rodents captured belonged to 24 species, 17 genera and 4 families with being most abundant (30.2%). 240 ectoparasites which included mites, fleas and ticks were collected from 88 rodents out of 249. rodents were most infested. Although the mites represented the largest proportion (84.6%), the highest species diversity was shown among the fleas (9 species). Some 36.9% of the rodents were infected with endoparasites of which L. aquilus haboured most. Endoparasitic genera identified included Nippostrongylus, Ascaris, Strongyloides, Trichuris, Hymenolepis, Taenia and Cryptosporidium.
Rodents have a zoonotic potentiality. There is need for developing effective integrated rodent management programs against rodent to reduce chances of parasite transmission within the protected areas.
啮齿动物占世界哺乳动物种群的 42%，是导致人畜共患病的病原体的主要宿主。目前，我们对啮齿动物从人类住区向保护区的潜在人畜共患病传播及其潜在威胁的减少知之甚少。
调查布温迪边界沿线啮齿动物作为人畜共患病病原体宿主的作用。
在布温迪边缘的三个村庄，采用活体诱捕技术进行了啮齿动物清查，并调查了当地啮齿动物的外寄生虫和内寄生虫区系。
共捕获 288 只啮齿动物，属于 24 个物种、17 个属和 4 个科，其中 （30.2%）最为丰富。从 249 只啮齿动物中收集了 240 种外寄生虫，包括螨虫、跳蚤和蜱虫。 （24.0%）感染最严重。尽管螨虫占比最大（84.6%），但跳蚤的物种多样性最高（9 种）。约 36.9%的啮齿动物感染了内寄生虫，其中以 L. aquilus 为主。鉴定的内寄生虫属包括 Nippostrongylus、Ascaris、Strongyloides、Trichuris、Hymenolepis、Taenia 和 Cryptosporidium。
啮齿动物具有人畜共患潜力。有必要制定有效的综合啮齿动物管理计划，以减少保护区内寄生虫传播的机会。
