Table 3 Prevalence (% of hosts infected) of helminth taxa by host species and site
From: Helminth communities from two urban rat populations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| Â | Â | Species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | R. norvegicus | R. rattus | |||
Taxon | Species | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Combined |
Nematodes | Mastophorus muris | 21.7 | 3.8 | 22.8 | 8.3 | 17.7 |
| Â | Syphacia muris | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Â | Nippostrongylus brasiliensis | 1.7 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 16.5 |
| Â | Gongylonema neoplasticum | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Â | Pterygodermatites whartoni/tani | 1.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Â | Heterakis spumosum | 18.3 | 18.8 | 37.9 | 18.3 | 29.9 |
| Â | Angiostrongylus malaysiensis | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0 | 1.2 |
   All nematodes | 38.3 | 36.3 | 67.4 | 40.0 | 55.3 | |
Cestodes | Hymenolepis diminuta | 28.3 | 57.5 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 36.1 |
| Â | Hymenolepis nana | 21.7 | 21.3 | 29.8 | 36.7 | 28.2 |
| Â | Taenia taeniaeformis | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.8 |
   All adult cestodes | 48.3 | 71.3 | 58.2 | 68.3 | 60.8 | |
   All larval cestodes | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.8 | |
   All cestodes | 48.3 | 71.3 | 58.9 | 68.3 | 60.8 | |
Acanthocephala | Moniliformis moniliformis | 8.3 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
All helminths | Â | 66.7 | 81.3 | 82.5 | 80.0 | 80.0 |