Table 4.

Measures of component community structure by host species and site

	Species
	R. norvegicus		R. rattus
	Chow Kit	Bangsar	Chow Kit	Bangsar
Total no. of helminth species identified	8	8	11	7
Berger-Parker dominance index	0.499	0.523	0.401	0.700
Dominant species	H. nana	N. brasiliensis	H. nana	H. nana
Simpson's index of diversity	0.676	0.652	0.741	0.487