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Table 3 Helminth species and prevalence [%] recorded in Rhabdomys pumilio per landscape type

From: Landscape characteristics influence helminth infestations in a peri-domestic rodent - implications for possible zoonotic disease

Family and species

Natural

Crop

Livestock

Urban

Heligmonellidae

    

   H. spira

86.8%

94.2%

34.6%

68.1%

   N. capensis

47.7%

64.2%

58.5%

45.7%

Oxyuridae

    

   Syphacia sp.

35.1%

35.2%

34.6%

31.8%

Trichostrongylidae

    

   T. probolurus

31.0%

40.0%

9.9%

6.7%

Trichuridae

    

   Trichuris sp.

1.4%

0.6%

0.0%

1.1%

Hymenolepididae

    

   Hymenolepis sp.

14.8%

25.4%

20.1%

24.7%