Table 1. Parasitological parameters of the flea community of studied small mammal hosts studied
Host species [n totala/n aliveb] | Flea species | n. identified fleas [n hostsc] | Fleas intensity range | Prevalence % (95% CI)d | Mean intensity (± SE) | Mean abundance (± SE) | Variance/mean ratio | Discrepancy index Mean (95% CI)e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microtus arvalis [1380/941] | CAG | 1731 [539] | 1–18 | 39.1 (36.5-41.7) | 3.21 (0.14) | 1.25 (0.09) | 9.8 | 0.81f (0.79-0.83) |
NF | 1681 [643] | 1–30 | 46.6 (43.9-49.3) | 2.61 (0.09) | 1.22 (0.06) | 4.19 | 0.73f (0.71-0.75) | |
LT | 34 [29] | 1–4 | 2.1 (1.4-3.0) | 1.17 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.01) | 1.45 | 0.98f (0.97-0.99) | |
Apodemus sylvaticus [522/238] | CAG | 116 [75] | 1–7 | 14.4 (11.5-17.7) | 1.55 (0.06) | 0.22 (0.03) | 2.2 | 0.90 (0.87-0.92) |
NF | 182 [116] | 1–7 | 22.2 (18.7-26.0) | 1.57 (0.07) | 0.35 (0.04) | 1.97 | 0.84 (0.81-0.87) | |
LT | 387 [140] | 1–23 | 26.8 (23.1-30.8) | 2.76 (0.17) | 0.74 (0.09) | 5.21 | 0.85 (0.82-0.87) | |
Mus spretus [304/49] | CAG | 13 [11] | 1–3 | 3.6 (1.8-6.4) | 1.18 (0.09) | 0.04 (0.01) | 1.42 | 0.97 (0.95-0.98) |
NF | 29 [21] | 1–5 | 6.9 (4.3-10.4) | 1.38 (0.14) | 0.10 (0.02) | 1.88 | 0.94 (0.92-0.97) | |
LT | 39 [18] | 1–7 | 5.9 (3.5-9.2) | 2.17 (0.22) | 0.13 (0.04) | 3.24 | 0.96 (0.94-0.97) | |
Crocidura russula [42/6] | CAG | 7 [2] | 2–5 | 4.8 (0.6-16.2) | 3.50 (0.83) | 0.17 (0.13) | 4.07 | 0.94 (0.86-0.95) |
NF | 7 [5] | 1–3 | 11.9 (4.0-25.6) | 1.40 (0.40) | 0.17 (0.08) | 1.73 | 0.89 (0.79-0.95) | |
Microtus lusitanicus/duodecimcostatus [4/3] | CAG | 12 [3] | 2–6 | – | – | – | – | – |
NF | 2 [1] | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Mustela nivalis [2/2] | NF | 2 [2] | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |