Table 1.
Prevalences of overall ZIP, and according to species, in the total of the rats studied, and depending on the trapping area, in R. norvegicus, Barcelona, winter 2016–2017.
| Total (n = 100) |
Parks (n = 15) |
Sewers (n = 85) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protozoan species | N | N | % | N | % |
| Blastocystis | 77 | 6 | 40.0 | 71 | 83.5 |
| Giardia duodenalis | 35 | 3 | 20.0 | 32 | 37.7 |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 29 | – | – | 29 | 34.1 |
| Dientamoeba fragilis | 13 | 1 | 6.7 | 12 | 14.1 |
| Overall ZIP | 82 | 8 | 53.3 | 74 | 87.1 |
Abbreviations: n, n° of animal analyzed; N, n° of positive samples; %, prevalence.