Table 9.
Association screening analysis (SCN) results for all the pathogen combinations between M. tapetis (MT), M. mercenariae-like (MM) and V. aestuarianus (VA)
| Coinfection status | Pathogen species | Obs | LL | UL | SCN P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-pathogen coinfection | MT | MM | VA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.4292 |
| 2-pathogen coinfection | MT | MM | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0.0004 | |
| MT | VA | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.7036 | ||
| MM | VA | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.5568 | ||
| 1-pathogen infection | MT | 60 | 53 | 95 | 0.0996 | ||
| MM | 22 | 21 | 50 | 0.0296 | |||
| VA | 29 | 18 | 46 | 0.8016 | |||
| Not infected | 600 | 558 | 612 | 0.1836 | |||
The observed (Obs) frequency of each coinfection status is given along with the lower (LL) and upper (UL) limits of the 95% confidence envelope. Significant associations (P value < 0.05) are highlighted in bold.