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Table 1 Structure of the rodent communities sampled and numbers of hosts studied during 2000-2012

From: Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner’s gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

Year of study

Host species

Site (wadi)

No. of rodents

  

W. El Arbaein

W. Gebel

W. Gharaba

W. Itlah

Total by species

Total by year

2000

Acomys dimidiatus

58

28

28

46

160

 
 

Acomys russatus

4

4

1

6

15

 
 

Dipodillus dasyurus

3

6

2

2

13

188

2004

Acomys dimidiatus

43

43

60

70

216

 
 

Acomys russatus

1

8

3

8

20

 
 

Dipodillus dasyurus

4

16

7

0

27

263

2008

Acomys dimidiatus

66

43

52

80

241

 
 

Acomys russatus

3

6

3

8

20

 
 

Dipodillus dasyurus

2

15

2

0

19

280

2012

Acomys dimidiatus

64

46

52

58

220

 
 

Acomys russatus

0

7

2

9

18

 
 

Dipodillus dasyurus

14

22

16

0

52

290

Total by site

Acomys dimidiatus

231

160

192

254

837

 
 

Acomys russatus

8

25

9

31

73

 
 

Dipodillus dasyurus

23

59

27

2

111

 

Overall

Total no. of rodents

262

244

228

287

 

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