Table 1.
Number of PCR amplified in 405 fecal samples and prevalence of T. hydatigena and Mesocestoides sp. infections by wild carnivores in Mongolia.
| PCR amplified/Infecting parasite | Number and prevalence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild carnivore | ||||
| Wolf (n = 136) | Red fox (n = 167) | Corsac fox (n = 62) | Snow leopard (n = 40) | |
| PCR amplified | 53/112 (47.3) | 41/112 (36.6) | 11/112 (9.8) | 7/112 (6.3) |
| Infecting parasite | ||||
| T. hydatigena | 27/136 (19.9) | 23/167 (13.8) | 3/62 (4.8) | 3/40 (7.5) |
| Mesocestoides sp.-1 | 20/136 (14.7) | 15/167 (9.0) | 6/62 (9.7) | 0/40 (0.0) |
| Mesocestoides sp.-2 | 6/136 (4.4) | 3/167 (1.8) | 2/62 (3.2) | 4/40 (10.0) |