Urban sprawl promotes worm exchange across species

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

The complex exchange of parasitic worms between wildlife, rats and humans is a little more clear, thanks to new research. “We developed a model concept that allows us to link the probability of worm species occurring in wildlife and occurring in rats, and linked them to the probability of this occurring in a certain geographical area,” he says the lead author says.

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