Table-1.
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in Suncus murinus from the southeast part of Bangladesh (n=86) (Chi-square test).
| Phylum | Genus | Prevalence % (n) | p value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall prevalence (n=86) | Forest (n=22) | Dwelling (n=39) | Cropland (n=25) | ||||
| Cestode | Hymenolepis sp. | 59 (51) | 59 (13) | 67 (26) | 48 (12) | 0.268 | |
| Taenia spp. | 3 (3) | 0 | 5 (2) | 4 (1) | 0.561 | ||
| Nematode | Capillaria spp. | 10 (9) | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 28 (7) | 0.003 | |
| Strongyloides spp. | 17 (15) | 23 (5) | 15 (6) | 16 (4) | 0.768 | ||
| Physaloptera spp. | 3 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 8 (2) | 0.317 | ||
| Trematode | Echinostoma spp. | 3 (3) | 5 (1) | 5 (2) | 0 | 0.518 | |
*
p value significant at<0.05