Table 1 Abundance of isolated intestinal helminths according to rodent species (n = 62)
Rodent species | No. of collected rodents | No. of infected rodents (%) | Isolated helminths | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Syphacia obvelata | Heligmosomoides polygyrus | Hymenolepis nana | Hymenolepis diminuta | Trichuris muris | Capillariid nematodea | |||
Mus musculus | 24 | 13 (54.1) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | – |
Meriones persicus | 15 | 7 (46.6) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | – | – |
Meriones libycus | 12 | 6 (50) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | – |
Apodemus witherbyi | 10 | 3 (30) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
Dryomys nitedula | 1 | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Totalb | 62 | 30 (48.4) | 13 (21%) | 6 (9.6%) | 11 (17.7%) | 26 (42%) | 5 (8%) | 1 (1.6%) |