Table 6.
Abundance of helminth tax by host species and site
| Species | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. norvegicus | R. rattus | |||||
| Taxon | Species | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Chow Kit | Bangsar | Combined |
| Nematodes | Mastophorus muris | 1.0 ± 0.36 | 0.2 ± 0.15 | 1.2 ± 0.18 | 0.2 ± 0.12 | 0.9 ± 0.12 |
| Syphacia muris | 0 | 0 | 5.7 ± 2.83 | 0 | 3.4 ± 1.66 | |
| Nippostrongylus brasiliensis | 0.05 ± 0.05 | 12.4 ± 4.77 | 8.6 ± 1.80 | 1.4 ± 0.64 | 7.3 ± 1.33 | |
| Gongylonema neoplasticum | 0 | 0 | 0.007 ± 0.005 | 0 | 0.004 ± 0.005 | |
| Pterygodermatites whartoni/tani | 0.05 ± 0.05 | 1.1 ± 0.82 | 0.4 ± 0.17 | 0.5 ± 0.35 | 0.5 ± 0.18 | |
| Heterakis spumosum | 1.6 ± 0.88 | 0.9 ± 0.25 | 2.0 ± 0.30 | 0.7 ± 0.27 | 1.6 ± 0.21 | |
| Angiostrongylus malaysiensis | 0.03 ± 0.03 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0 | 0.03 ± 0.02 | |
| All nematodes | 2.7 ± 0.96 | 14.6 ± 4.83 | 17.9 ± 3.46 | 2.8 ± 0.75 | 13.6 ± 2.20 | |
| Cestodes | Hymenolepis diminuta | 1.9 ± 0.65 | 4.2 ± 0.94 | 2.9 ± 0.78 | 2.7 ± 0.75 | 3.0 ± 0.50 |
| Hymenolepis nana | 4.9 ± 2.10 | 4.7 ± 2.12 | 14.0 ± 2.36 | 15.1 ± 5.02 | 11.5 ± 1.59 | |
| Taenia taeniaeformis | 0 | 0 | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 ± 0.005 | |
| All adult cestodes | 6.8 ± 2.14 | 9.0 ± 2.22 | 16.9 ± 2.44 | 17.8 ± 4.94 | 14.4 ± 1.63 | |
| All cestodes | 6.8 ± 2.14 | 9.0 ± 2.22 | 16.9 ± 2.44 | 17.8 ± 4.94 | 14.4 ± 1.63 | |
| Acanthocephala | Moniliformis moniliformis | 0.3 ± 0.14 | 0.2 ± 0.08 | 0.2 ± 0.04 | 1.0 ± 0.80 | 0.3 ± 0.11 |
| All helminths | 9.8 ± 2.29 | 23.7 ± 5.60 | 35.0 ± 4.30 | 21.6 ± 5.37 | 28.4 ± 2.81 | |