Table 5.
Polyparasitism in the rodents examined.
| Coinfections | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | N° Positive for Polyparasitism (%) | Sm + At (%) |
Sm + At + Rn (%) |
Sm + Hs + Hd (%) |
Sm + At + Hs (%) |
Hs + Nb (%) |
Hs + Nb + Hd (%) |
Hs + Nb + Hp (%) |
So + Nb (%) | Sm + Hp (%) |
| R. rattus | 14 (51.8%) | 12 (85.7%) |
3 (21.4%) |
1 (7.1%) |
/ | / | / | / | / | / |
| R. norvegicus | 22 (51.2%) | 2 (9.1%) |
/ | / | 1 (4.5%) |
17 (77.3%) |
2 (9.1%) |
1 (4.5%) |
/ | / |
| M. musculus | 2 (4.9%) | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 (50%) |
1 (50%) |
Legend: Sm: Syphacia muris. At: Aspiculuris tetraptera. Rn: Rodentolepis nana. Hs: Heterakis spumosa. Hn: Hymenolepis diminuta. Nb: Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Hp: Heligmosomoides polygyrus. So: Syphacia obvelata.