Table 3 Prevalence (%) of Echinococcus spp. in each small mammal species (no. of infected individuals detected/ total no. individuals, 95% confidence intervals as percentage)

C. longicaudatus

0 (0/1)

0 (0/1)

0 (0/1)

– (1/1)

0 (0/1)

– (1/1)

P. leucurus

0 (0/16)

0 (0/16)

0 (0/16)

6.3 (1/16; 0–18.1)

0 (0/16)

6.3 (1/16; 0–18.1)

N. irene

0 (0/6)

0 (0/6)

0 (0/6)

0 (0/6)

0 (0/6)

0 (0/6)

M. limnophilus

9.1 (4/44; 0–19.7)^a

11.4 (5/44; 2.0–20.7)^c

6.8 (3/44; 0–14.3)

11.4 (5/44; 2.0–20.7)^e

15.9 (7/44; 5.1–26.7)^f

22.7 (10/44; 10.3–35.1)^h

L. fuscus

7.6 (11/144; 3.3–12.0)^b

11.1 (16/144; 6.0–16.2)^d

0.7 (1/144; 0–2.1)

1.4(2/144; 0–3.3)^e

8.3 (12/144; 3.8–12.9)^g

12.5 (18/144; 7.1–17.9)ⁱ

O. curzoniae

0 (0/135)^a,b

1.5 (2/135; 0–3.5)^c,d

0.7 (1/135; 0–2.2)

3.7 (5/135; 0.5–6.9)

0.7 (1/135; 0–2.2)^f,g

5.2 (7/135; 1.4–8.9)^h,i

Total

4.3 (15/346; 2.2–6.5)

6.7 (23/346; 4.0–9.3)

1.5 (5/346; 0.2–2.7)

4.1 (14 /346; 2.0–6.1)

5.8 (20/346; 3.3–8.2)

10.7 (37/346; 7.4–14.0)