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Host gender was registered for the lung and liver wild boar group, which included 163 males and 134 females. All animals, excluding those used to retrieve muscular samples, were classified into three age classes, &lt;2 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 212), 2\u20133 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 208) and \u2a7e4 years old (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 141). Helminth fauna of the examined wild boar included 14 parasite species: one trematode (adult,<jats:italic>Brachylaemus suis<\/jats:italic>), three cestodes (metacestodes of<jats:italic>Echinococcus granulosus<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Taenia hydatigena<\/jats:italic>cysticercus, adult,<jats:italic>Hymenolepis diminuta<\/jats:italic>), nine nematodes (adults of<jats:italic>Metastrongylus apri<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Metastrongylus pudendotectus<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Ascarops strongylina<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Globocephalus urosubulatus<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Physocephalus sexalatus<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Gnathostoma hispidum<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>Gongylonema pulchrum<\/jats:italic>and eggs of<jats:italic>Strongyloides ransoni<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Capillaria<\/jats:italic>spp.) and one acanthocephalan (adult,<jats:italic>Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus<\/jats:italic>).<jats:italic>Trichinella<\/jats:italic>larvae were not recovered from any of the 30 wild boar examined. Results showed a 73.5% global prevalence of infection with visceral helminths, 67.3% of which were lung and hepatic infections and 80.3% of helminths were recovered from the gastrointestinal tract. The most prevalent parasite was<jats:italic>M. hirudinaceus<\/jats:italic>(61.7%) while the highest intensity of infection was observed for<jats:italic>Metastrongylus<\/jats:italic>spp. The most prevalent cestode was<jats:italic>E. granulosus<\/jats:italic>(18.9%). 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