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Table 3 Composition of gastropod collections made in Swansea in 2012 and Bristol in 2014, and prevalence of Angiostrongylus vasorum using real-time PCR. N = number of each species collected, and number and percentage positive by PCR

From: Distribution of Angiostrongylus vasorum and its gastropod intermediate hosts along the rural–urban gradient in two cities in the United Kingdom, using real time PCR

Gastropod I.D.

Location of collection

Family

Genus

Species

Swansea

Bristol

   

N

N positive

% positive

N

N positive

% positive

Arionidae

Arion

rufus

68

28

41

27

0

0

 

Arion

flagellus

27

7

26

115

1

0.9

 

Arion

subfuscus

1

0

0

5

0

0

 

Arion

distinctus

3

0

0

 

Arion

owenii

12

0

0

 

Arion

ater

16

0

0

 

Arion

fasciatus

3

0

0

Agriolimacidae

Deroceras

reticulatum

3

0

0

93

0

0

Limacidae

Limax

maximus

1

0

0

12

0

0

 

Limacus

maculatus

18

8

44

30

0

0

Milacidae

Tandonia

sowerbyi

4

0

0

22

0

0

Total

  

122

43

35.2

338

1

0.3