Intestinal parasites in rodents from five different Himas in Lebanon

Intestinal parasites in rodents from five different Himas in Lebanon

Helminthologia

Volume 62 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)

By:

M. Abi Said, T. Maroun and H. Shaib

Open Access

|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2025-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605

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Language: English

Page range: 120 - 134

Submitted on: Dec 21, 2024

Accepted on: May 2, 2025

Published on: Sep 30, 2025

Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 times per year

Keywords:

Intestinal parasites,

rodents,

zoonosis,

Himas,

Lebanon

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Zoology,

Ecology,

Life sciences, other,

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2025 M. Abi Said, T. Maroun, H. Shaib, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences
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