Table 2.
Prevalence (%) of GI parasite infections in Macaca sinica aurifrons, M. s. sinica and M. s. opisthomelas in urban, suburban, and wild habitats.
| Host |
Prevalence of GI parasite type% (n) (N = 180) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat type |
M.s. aurifrons (n = 60) (n = 20 per habitat) |
M.s. sinica (n = 60) (n = 20 per habitat) |
M.s. opisthomelas (n = 60) (n = 20 per habitat) |
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| Parasite genera types | U | SU | W | U | SU | W | U | SU | W |
| Protozoan types | |||||||||
| Balantidium | 20(4) | 15(3) | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | 10(2) | 5(1) |
| Isospora | 5(1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | – |
| Entamoeba | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | – |
| Endolimax | – | – | – | 5(1) | – | 5(1) | – | – | – |
| Unidentified protozoa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | – |
| Total protozoan infection | 25(5) | 15(3) | – | 5(1) | – | 5(1) | 5(1) | 20(4) | 5(1) |
| Trematode types | |||||||||
| Unidentified trematodes | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | – | 5(1) | – | – |
| Cestode types | |||||||||
| Diphyllobothrium | – | 5(1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bertiella | – | – | – | – | 5(1) | – | – | – | – |
| Hymenolepis | – | – | – | – | – | 25(5) | – | – | – |
| Unidentified cestode | – | 5(1) | – | 5(1) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nematode types | |||||||||
| Strongyloides | 45(9) | 60(12) | 35(7) | 85(17) | 70(14) | 35(7) | 60(12) | 45(9) | 30(6) |
| Trichuris | 15(3) | – | 10(2) | 25(5) | 10(2) | 15(3) | 5(1) | 20(4) | – |
| Ascaris | – | 5(1) | – | 15(3) | 15(3) | – | 10(2) | 10(2) | – |
| Strongyle/Hook worm | 20(4) | 10(2) | – | 15(3) | 5(1) | – | 25(5) | 35(7) | 20(4) |
| Trichostrongylus | 20(4) | – | – | 10(2) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oesophagostomum | – | – | – | 5(1) | – | – | 5(1) | 5(1) | – |
| Enterobius | – | – | 5(1) | – | – | 5(1) | – | – | – |
| Unidentified nematode | 5(1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total helminths infection | 70(14) | 60(12) | 40(8) | 90(18) | 70(14) | 45(9) | 70(14) | 75(15) | 40(8) |
| Acanthocephalan type | |||||||||
| Moniliformis | – | – | – | 5(1) | – | – | – | – | – |
U, urban; S.U, suburban; W, wild.