Reply to Hamzavi et al. Comment on "Islam et al. Helminth Parasites among Rodents in the Middle East Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Animals 2020, 10, 2342"

Animals (Basel). 2023 Nov 10;13(22):3467. doi: 10.3390/ani13223467.

¹ Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha P.O. Box 35081, Qatar.
² School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
³ Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
⁴ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram 4225, Bangladesh.
⁵ Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 393, PC 113 Muscat, Oman.
⁶ Infectious Hazard Preparedness (IHP) Unit, WHO Health Emergencies Department (WHE), World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo 11371, Egypt.
⁷ School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban 40000, South Africa.
⁸ South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.

Abstract

Rodents serve as an important reservoir or carrier of zoonotic pathogens on a global scale [...].