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Table 4 Prevalences and intensities of infection of the second intermediate slug species  Ariopelta capensis  by metacercariae of  Renylaima capensis  according to years and months

From: Life cycle of Renylaima capensis, a brachylaimid trematode of shrews and slugs in South Africa: two-host and three-host transmission modalities suggested by epizootiology and DNA sequencing

Year of collection

Month (and day) of collection

No. of slugs collected

No. infected with metacercariae

No. of metacercariae per slug

1978

May 18

4

1 (25%)

1

1982

January 8

3

0 (0%)

-

 

February

1

0 (0%)

-

 

April 23

4

0 (0%)

-

 

July 19

0

--

-

1983

March 2

5

0 (0%)

-

 

April 23

4

1 (25%)

>70

1984-1985

month?

12

0 (0%)

-

 

June 16

0

--

-

1986

May 10

5

0 (0%)

-

1994

July 17

0

--

-

1997

October 10

2

0 (0%)

-

 

November 1-7

7

0 (0%)

-

2004

October 19

0

--

-

 

December 16

0

--

-

2005

April 28

0

--

-

2006

March 14

0

--

-

 

May 13

2

0 (0%)

-

 

November 30

0

--

-

2009

in February, a fire burnt a large part of the habitat

2009

May 9

3

0 (0%)

-

2010

February 10

0

--

-

 

April 26

3

0 (0%)

-

 

October 11

6

0 (0%)

-

2011

February 22

0

--

-

 

May 11

12

1 (8.3%)

> > 100

 

July14

4 (young)

0 (0%)

 

Total

 

77

3 (3.9%)

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