Effect of urbanization on zoonotic gastrointestinal parasite prevalence in endemic toque macaque () from different climatic zones in Sri Lanka.

Understanding variations in host-parasite relationships with urbanization is vital for both, public health management and conservation of endemic animals with high anthropogenic interactions. Toque macaques () are such endemic old-world monkeys in Sri Lanka. Three macaque sub species inhabit the main climatic zones of the island; and inhabit the dry zone, wet zone, and montane regions of the island, respectively.