Table 3.
Prevalence (% of hosts infected) of helminth taxa by host species and site
| Species | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. norvegicus | R. rattus | |||||
| Taxon | Species | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Combined |
| Nematodes | Mastophorus muris | 21.7 | 3.8 | 22.8 | 8.3 | 17.7 |
| Syphacia muris | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 0 | 7.2 | |
| Nippostrongylus brasiliensis | 1.7 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 16.5 | |
| Gongylonema neoplasticum | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | |
| Pterygodermatites whartoni/tani | 1.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 | |
| Heterakis spumosum | 18.3 | 18.8 | 37.9 | 18.3 | 29.9 | |
| Angiostrongylus malaysiensis | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0 | 1.2 | |
| All nematodes | 38.3 | 36.3 | 67.4 | 40.0 | 55.3 | |
| Cestodes | Hymenolepis diminuta | 28.3 | 57.5 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 36.1 |
| Hymenolepis nana | 21.7 | 21.3 | 29.8 | 36.7 | 28.2 | |
| Taenia taeniaeformis | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.8 | |
| All adult cestodes | 48.3 | 71.3 | 58.2 | 68.3 | 60.8 | |
| All larval cestodes | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.8 | |
| All cestodes | 48.3 | 71.3 | 58.9 | 68.3 | 60.8 | |
| Acanthocephala | Moniliformis moniliformis | 8.3 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
| All helminths | 66.7 | 81.3 | 82.5 | 80.0 | 80.0 | |