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Table 5 Prevalence (95% CI) of lungworms per age group in five cetacean species from the western Mediterranean

From: Determinants of lungworm specificity in five cetacean species in the western Mediterranean

Parasite

Host

Age group

Neonate

Unweaned

Weaned

n

Prevalence

n

Prevalence

n

Prevalence

Halocercus delphini

Sc

5

20 (10.0–65.7)

30

63.3 (44.9–78.7)

84

63.1 (52.4–72.8)

Tt

–

–

2

100

16

18.8 (5.2–43.6)

Dd

–

–

1

100

5

100 (50.0–100)

Gg

1

100

–

–

6

33.3 (6.3–72.9)

Stenurus ovatus

Sc

–

–

30

3.3 (0.2–17.7)

84

7.1 (3.2–14.7)

Tt

–

–

2

0

16

37.5 (17.8–62.8)

Dd

–

–

1

0

5

20.0 (1.0–65.7)

Stenurus globicephalae

Gg

1

100

–

–

6

50.0 (15.3–84.7)

Gm

1

0

1

100

5

40.0 (7.7–81.1)

  1. CI Confidence Interval