Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in the haemoparasite community of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in four montane wadis in the St. Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt

Table 5 Abundance of haemoparasites by year, site, host sex and age class

	Species richness		Babesia sp.		Bartonella sp.		Haemobartonella sp.		Trypanosoma acomys		Hepatozoon sp.
	Mean ± S.E.M.		Mean ± S.E.M.		Mean ± S.E.M.		Mean ± S.E.M.		Mean ± S.E.M.		Mean ± S.E.M.
Year
2000	1.23	0.063	0.11	0.079	0.04	0.024	5.17	0.502	4.19	1.279	8.65	1.889
2004	1.53	0.058	2.81	2.318	61.72	39.432	15.73	3.435	5.55	1.337	20.29	4.884
2008	1.02	0.047	0.15	0.056	0.07	0.063	7.18	2.159	0.94	0.249	23.98	4.334
2012	0.68	0.050	0	0	0.05	0.020	1.30	0.211	1.29	0.330	15.75	5.146
Site
Arbaein	0.81	0.042	0.07	0.055	0.05	0.019	8.93	2.543	0.03	0.026	3.84	1.167
Gebal	0.94	0.059	3.75	3.147	69.78	52.114	13.09	3.319	0.11	0.113	1.10	0.583
Gharaba	1.03	0.060	0.03	0.026	0.06	0.036	3.28	0.571	4.65	1.438	15.59	2.629
Tlah	1.52	0.056	0.17	0.06	8.89	7.929	5.76	1.797	5.77	0.925	43.14	6.835
Sex
Males	1.08	0.043	0.25	0.073	5.72	5.394	7.68	1.820	1.55	0.262	16.21	2.741
Females	1.12	0.039	1.22	1.079	24.23	17.889	7.29	1.352	3.88	0.766	19.30	3.433
Age
Class 1	0.95	0.057	0.38	0.122	63.32	44.54	8.98	3.046	1.66	0.419	2.25	0.772
Class 2	1.26	0.062	0.13	0.097	1.09	0.757	6.44	1.897	3.23	0.531	29.32	6.697
Class 3	1.09	0.039	1.32	1.183	2.58	2.365	7.32	1.375	3.18	0.806	19.00	2.664

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