Table 8.

Helminths collected from gastrointestinal tracts of R. rattus. R.. norvegicus, and M musculus in Italy since 1966.

	[11,12]	[13]	[14]	[15]	Present Paper
Region of Italy	Tuscany and Emilia Romagna	Western Emilia Romagna	Western Sicily	Western Sicily	Eastern Emilia Romagna
R. rattus —n. examined	0	0	92	45	27
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	-	-	0	0	1 (3.7%)
Heterakis spumosa	-	-	0	1 (2.22%)	1 (3.7%)
Syphacia muris	-	-	38 (41.30%)	10 (22.22%)	16 (59.3%)
Aspiculurus tetraptera	-	-	3 (3.26%)	0	15 (55.6%)
Mastophorus muris	-	-	0	4 (8.89%)	0
Eucoleus gastricus	-	-	0	0	1 (3.7%)
Trichuris sp.	-	-	1 (1.08%)	0	0
Hymenolepis nana	-	-	2 (2.17)	0	3 (11.2%)
Hymenolepis diminuta	-	-	2 (2.17%)	7 (15.56%)	3 (11.1%)
Brachylaima recurva	-	-	15 (16.30%)	0	1 (3.7%)
R. norvegicus —n. examined	74	23	2	0	43
Strongyloides ratti	31 (41.89%)	0	0	-	0
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	0	14 (60.86%)	0	-	24 (55.8%)
Heligmosomoides polygirus	0	0	0	-	1 (2.3%)
Heterakis spumosa	25 (33.78%)	16 (69.56%)	0	-	26 (60.5%)
Syphacia muris	0	2 (8.69%)	0	-	6 (14%)
Aspiculurus tetraptera	1 (1.35%)	2 (8.69%)	0	-	2 (4.7%)
Capillaria sp.	0	1 (4.34%)	0	-	1 (2.3%)
Hymenolepis nana	13 (17.57%)	0	0	-	0
Hymenolepis diminuta	17 (22.97%)	16 (69.56%)	0	-	6 (14%)
Echinostoma echinatus	0	1 (4.34%)	0	-	0
Mus musculus —n. examined	51	0	6	44	41
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	0	-	0	0	2 (4.9%)
Heligmosomoides polygirus	0	-	0	0	2 (4.9%)
Syphacia muris	0	-	1 (16.67%)	0	1 (2.4%)
Syphacia obvelata	13 (25.49%)	-	0	10 (22.73)	16 (39%)
Aspiculurus tetraptera	4 (7.84%)	-	0	13 (29.55%)	0
Protospirura muris	3 (5.88%)	-	0	0	0
Mastophorus muris	0	-	0	5 (11.36%)	0
Gongylonema musculi	0	-	0	1 (2.27%)	0
Trichuris muris	0	-	0	4 (9.09%)	1 (2.4%)
Hymenolepis nana	4 (7.84%)	-	0	0	0
Himenolepis diminuta	0	-	0	1 (2.27%)	0
Rodentolepis microstoma	0	-	0	2 (4.55)	0
Catenotaenia pusilla	3 (5.88%)	-	0	1 (2.27%)	0
Brachylaima sp.	0	-	0	1 (2.77)	0