Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the endoparasitary fauna of H. sciureus , in order to identify the parasitic infections of this host and to investigate the diseases that humans can acquire when there is a proximity to these animals. To do so, these animals were captured in the city of Sao Bento, state of Maranhao. Captures were made using Tomahawk type traps.The feces were then collected from rodents, in which they were submitted to the methods of Kato-Katz and Hoffman, with the purpose of confirming the positivity of endoparasites, confirmed by the presence of eggs, cysts, oocysts and larvae in the feces.The prevalence rates, abundance and mean intensity of each endoparasite were calculated using specific formulas.As a result, a total of 80 rodents were obtained, with the following specimens being identified: Trichuris muris (8.45%); Nippostrongylus sp. (45.5%); Aspiculuris tetraptera (5.63%); Larvae of Strongyloides sp. (15.49%); Hymenolepis nana (2.81%); Schistosoma mansoni (22.12%); Coccidia (25.35%) and Entamoeba sp. (14.65%).Therefore, as there are reports of human cases parasitized with some of these specimens identified in rodent fecal samples, the need for measures to control the population of these rodents to avoid the transmission of diseases to humans is emphasized. Keywords: helminths; zoonotic potential; wild rodents.

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