Table 5 Prevalences and intensities of infection of the definitive host species  Myosorex varius  by adults of  Renylaima capensis  according to years and months
Year of collection | Month (and day) of collection | No. of shrews collected (20 traps set) | No. of shrews infected | Intensity (no. of flukes/shrew) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | April 4 | 1 | 1 (100%) | >50 |
| Â | June 16 | 0 | -- | - |
1986 | May 10 | 3 | 3 (100%) | >50 +37 + >50 |
1994 | July 17 | 0 | -- | - |
1997 | October 10 | 1 | 1 (100%) | >50 |
|  | November (1–7) | 2 | 2 (100%) | >50 + >50 |
2004 | October 19 | 0 | -- | - |
|  | December 16 | 3 | 1 (33%) | 45 + 0 + 0 |
2005 | April 28 | 4 | 3 (75%) | 33 + 16 + 13 + 0 |
2006 | March 14 | 3 | 3 (100%) | 9 + 1 + 5 |
|  | May 13 | 4 | 3 (75%) | 11 +7 + 24 + 0 |
|  | November 30 | 2 | 1 (50%) | 57 + 0 |
2009 | in February, a fire burnt a large part of the habitat | |||
2009 | May 9 | 0 | -- | - |
2010 | February 10 | 2 | 2 (100%) | 16 + 6 |
|  | April 26 | 4 | 1 (25%) | 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 |
Total | Â | 29 | 21 (72.4%) | >527 |