L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 8. 1993 (Budapest, 1993)

Kriska, T.: Parasitic helminths of house mouse (Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758) in Hungary

Geographical distribution: Europe, Asia, North America Description: Male: Body length 4.5-7.2 mm, maximum width 0.078-0.125 mm (Fig. 9). Esophagus length 0.36-0.46 mm. Nerve ring 0.164-0.270 mm, excretory pore 0.184-0.340 mm from anterior end. Bursa copulatrix asymmetrical. Spicules 0.520.65 mm long (Fig. 8). Gubernaculum absent. Female: Body length 8.3-14.6 mm, maximum width 0.12-0.19 mm. Esophagus length 0.48-0.65 mm. Nerve ring 0.24-0.3 mm, excretory pore 0.36-0.48 mm from anterior end. Distance of vulva 0.24-0.35 mm, that of anus 0.09-0.14 mm from posterior end. Tail with terminal spike (Fig. 4). Localities: 5. Keszthely Bay, four cases, April; 6. Németbánya, one case, October, Nagyvázsony, one case, June; 9. Aranyosgadány, one case, October; 10. Nagykovácsi, two cases, January, three cases, February, one case, March, two cases, April, two cases, May, two cases, September, four cases, October, nine cases, November, three cases, December; 11. Budapest, one case, February, one case, October, one case, December, Óbuda, four cases, June; 12. Agárd, two cases, July, one case, September, Zámoly, one case, October; 14. Gyöngyös, three cases, August; 15. Orgovány, one case, September, Fülöpháza, one case, July, Szelidi Lake, one case, June, Ágasegyháza, three cases, August; 16. Bácsalmás, one case, December; 19. Nagyiván, one case, September. 10.8 percent of the host population was infected by H. polygyrus, the intensity of infection was 11.3. The levels of prevalence by seasons were: 19.3% in winter, 8.8% in spring, 16.6% in summer and 8.3% in autumn. Oxiuridae Cobbold, 1864 Aspiculuris tetraptera (Nitzsch, 1821) Schulz, 1924 Syn.: Aspiculuris kazakhstanica Nasarova et Sweschnikova, 1930; Ascaris tetraptera Nitzsch, 1821 Localization: caecum, large intestine, rectum Geographical distribution: Europe, Asia, North America, Africa Description: Male: Body length 2.86-3.35 mm, Maximum width 0.18-0.22 mm. Esophagus length 0.375-0.392 mm. Female: Body length 4.11-4.62 mm, maximum width 0.27-0.32 mm. Esophagus length 0.43-0.47 mm. Nerve ring 0.12-0.16 mm from anterior end. Distance of vulva 2.49-2.61 mm from posterior end. Eggs ovoid 0.080-0.090 x 0.040-0.044 mm (Fig- 7). Localities: 2. Kapuvár, four cases, April; 4. Szalafő, two cases, September; 6. Farkasgyepü, one case, November, Németbánya, four cases, July, five cases, August, Nagyvázsony, two cases, May; 7. Fonó, nine cases, September, eleven cases, November; 9. Aranyosgadány, one case, July, one case, August; 10. Nagykovácsi, two cases, January, three cases, February, four cases, March, one case, August, four cases, September, six cases, October, three cases, November, two cases, December; 11. Budapest, one case, February, one case, October, Óbuda, three cases, June; 12. Agárd, one case, July, one case, September; 13. Vác, one case, March, Kosd, six cases, April, Babat, one case, September, one case, October, one case, November; 14. Gyöngyös, three cases, August, Gyöngyöshalász, seven cases, August, Gyöngyössolymos, two cases, August; 15. Orgovány, one case, September, Ágasegyháza, one case, October, Szelidi-tó, one case, October;