Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Flea co-infection rates on the main hosts and Fager index for the most common flea associations

From: Patterns of flea infestation in rodents and insectivores from intensified agro-ecosystems, Northwest Spain

Host	Flea species per host			Fager index
	Prevalence% [n host]			[n host]
	1	2	3	CAG-LT	CAG-NF	LT-NF
M. arvalis	61.2 [534]	37.2 [324]	1.6 [14]	0.046 [13]	0.538 [318]	0.063 [21]
Male	64.1 [270]	34.0 [143]	1.9 [8]	0.060 [8]	0.498 [139]	0.098 [16]
Female	58.5 [264]	40.1 [181]	1.3 [6]	0.029 [5]	0.574 [179]	0.029 [5]
A. sylvaticus	65.1 [155]	28.7 [68]	5.9 [14]	0.242 [26]	0.346 [33]	0.391 [50]
Male	60.2 [97]	31.7 [51]	8.1 [13]	0.273 [22]	0.424 [28]	0.442 [40]
Female	76.3 [58]	22.4 [17]	1.3 [1]	0.148 [4]	0.169 [5]	0.267 [10]
M. spretus	86.7 [39]	13.3 [6]	0	0.069 [1]	0.063 [1]	0.205 [4]
Male	83.3 [30]	16.7 [6]	0	0.083 [1]	0.077 [1]	0.250 [4]
Female	100.0 [9]	0	0	0	0	0
C. russula	83.3 [5]	16.7 [1]	0	0	0.286 [1]	0
Male	75.0 [3]	25.0 [1]	0	0	0.400 [1]	0
Female	100.0 [2]	0	0	0	0	0

1, one flea species; 2, two co-occurrence flea species; 3, three co-occurrence flea species. For flea species abbreviation (CAG, LT, NF) see Fig. 1

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