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Table 3 Presence of Hepatozoon spp. detected in samples from small mammals (Rodentia, Eulipotyphia and Lagomorpha)

From: Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe

Animal species

Country

Animals (n)

Hepatozoon (n)

Hepatozoon (%)

H. sciuri MH656732

Hepatozoon sp. KT274179-86, MH656731

H. ayorgbor KT274177/8

Red squirrel Sciuris vulgaris

Neth/Bel

53

13

24.5

13

  

Bank vole Myodes glareolus

Croatia

33

27

81.8

 

27

 

Neth/Bel

134

14

10.5

 

14

 

Striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius

Croatia

2

0

0

   

Yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis

Croatia

37

3

8.1

 

1

2 KT274178

Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

Croatia

48

7

14.6

 

5

2 KT274177

Neth/Bel

224

0

0

   

Total Rodentia

531

64

12.1

13

47

4

European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Croatia

1

1

100

1

  

European hare Lepus europaeus

Croatia

171

1

0.6

1

  
  1. Species delineation was performed by comparison to sequences from GenBank®
  2. Bel Belgium, Neth the Netherlands