Table 6.
Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien mammals
| Invasive alien species | Common name | Parasites | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattus norvegicus | Wild brown rats | Angiostrongylus cantonensis | [19, 106, 164–167] |
| Echinococcus multilocularis | [168] | ||
| Capillaria hepatica, Hymenolepis diminuta, Taenia taeiaeformis | [169] | ||
| Schistosoma mansoni, Moniliformis moniliformis | [170] | ||
| H. nana, Giardia sp., Cryptosporidium sp., Entamoeba sp. | [171] | ||
| C. parvum | [172] | ||
| Entrobius spp., Trichuiris spp. | [173] | ||
| Leishmania major | [174] | ||
| L. infantum | [175] | ||
| Toxoplasma gondii | [161] | ||
| Trichinella spiralis, T. britovi, T. pseudospiralis | [176] | ||
| Toxocara canis | [177] | ||
| Gongylonema pulchrum | [178] | ||
| Syphacia muris | [179] | ||
| Sarcocystis orientalis | [180] | ||
| Paragonimus westermani, Plagiorchis potamonides, Echinostoma ilocanum, Raillietina madagascariensis | [181] | ||
| S. japonicum | [182] | ||
| Rattus rattus | House rat/Roof rat | Rictularia sp., H. diminuta, M. moniliformis | [168] |
| C. parvum | [183] | ||
| Fasciola hepatica | [184] | ||
| Taenia taeniaeformis | [185] | ||
| Leishmania donovani donovani, L. donovani infantum | [186] | ||
| A. cantonensis | [166] | ||
| G. pulchrum | [178] | ||
| T. britovi | [176] | ||
| T. gondii | [187] | ||
| Sc. mansoni | [188] | ||
| Sarcocystis sp. | [180] | ||
| Babesia microti | [98] | ||
| T. spiralis, Entamoeba coli, Dientamoeba fragilis | [189] | ||
| Mus musculus | House mouse | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | [190] |
| C. hepaticum | [191] | ||
| C. parvum | [183] | ||
| H. nana | [192] | ||
| H. diminuta, S. muris, T. taeniaeformis | [193] | ||
| Leishmania major | [194] | ||
| A.s cantonensis | [195] | ||
| H. taichui | [196] | ||
| T. gondii | [197] | ||
| T. canis | [198] | ||
| E. multilocularis | [199] | ||
| Rattus tanezumi Temminck | Asian house rats | A. cantonensis, Hymenolepis spp., T. taeniaeformis | [200] |
| Syphacia muris, H. diminuta | [201] | ||
| T. gondii | [202] | ||
| C. hepaticum | [203] | ||
| B. microti | [98] | ||
| Artyfechinostomum malayanum, Echinostoma ilocanum, E. lindoense, H. nana, M. moniliformis, P. westermani, Plagiorchis muris, P. philippinensis, P. potamonides, Raillietina madagascariensis, S. japonicum, T. taeniaeformis | [181] | ||
| Rattus exulans | Pacific rats | S. japonicum | [182] |
| H. diminuta, H. nana, M. moniliformis, Raillietina spp. | [204] | ||
| A. cantonensis | [19] | ||
| T. gondii | [205] | ||
| Ondatra zibethicus | Musk rat | E. multilocularis | [206] |
| Taenia martis, T. taeniaeformis | [207] | ||
| C. hepatica | [208] | ||
| C. parvum | [183] | ||
| Myocastor coypus | Nutria | C. parvum | [183] |
| T. gondii | [209] | ||
| E. multilocularis | [206] | ||
| F. hepatica | [210] | ||
| Strongyloides myopotami | [211] | ||
| C. hepatica | [212] | ||
| Sciurus vularis exalbidus | Red squirrek | T. gondii | [213] |
| C. hepaticum | [203] | ||
| C. parvum | [166] | ||
| Callosciurus erythraeus | Red-bellied squirrel | Hymenolepis sp. | [214] |
| E. bieneusi | [164] | ||
| A. cantonensis | [215] | ||
| Macaca fascicularis | C. parvum | [216] | |
| Plasmodium knowlesi | [200, 217] | ||
| E. histolytica | [218] | ||
| Endolimax nana, Oesophagostomum | [219] | ||
| Sarcocystis sp. | [220] | ||
| Strongyloides fulleborni | [221] | ||
| H. nana, Strongyloides spp. | [222] | ||
| Armillifer agkistrodontis | [223] | ||
| G. duodenalis | [224] | ||
| T. trichiura | [225] | ||
| E. multilocularis | [226] |