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Table 1 Epidemiological parameters.

From: Massive encapsulation of larval Anguillicoloides crassus in the intestinal wall of Japanese eels

 

n

prevalence (%)

mean abundance

mean intensity

source

 

adult

larval

total

adult

larval

total

adult

larval

total

wild

40

32.5

2.5

32.5

0.6

0.05

0.65

1.85

2.0

2.0

± SD

    

± 1.37

± 0.32

± 1.42

± 1.91

± NA

± 1.91

cultured

151

41.7

25.82

47.7

1.4

1.0

2.4

3.48

3.85

5.01

± SD

    

± 3.32

± 3.0

± 5.0

± 4.48

± 4.88

± 6.26

comparison p

 

0.38

0.003

0.12

0.17

0.001

0.027

0.15

NA

0.038

  1. A comparison of infections of wild and cultured populations of Anguilla japonica with Anguillicoloides crassus. Prevalences were compared using a chi-square test and abundances and intensities with Wilcoxon rank sum tests. NA indicates not available.