Epidemiology and hypothetical transmission cycles of Trichinella infections in the Greater Kruger National Park of South Africa: an example of host-parasite interactions in an environment with minimal human interactions

Open Access

Review

Table 1

Predation/scavenging habits of wildlife species reported to harbour Trichinella spp. in sub-Saharan Africa (Events of predation/scavenging among species depicted below are not indicative of any degree of probability but merely suggest a possibility of such events occurring based on the literature cited).

Animal species	Common Name	Species predated/scavenged	References
Panthera leo	Lion	Warthog	[10, 21, 61]
		Rodents	[10]
		Baboon	[7, 21]
		Hyaena	[63, 84]
		Leopard, wild dog, cheetah	[63]
		Crocodile	[92]
		Lion	[57]
Panthera pardus	Leopard	Hyaena, lion, wild dog, cheetah	[63]
		Crocodiles	[63, 92]
		Baboon	[7, 27]
		Rodents	[26]
Varanus niloticus	Nile monitor	Rodents, juvenile crocodiles	[95]
Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyaena	Warthog, baboon	[20]
		Lion	[63, 84]
		Leopard, cheetah	[63]
Felis silvestris lybica	African Wildcat	Rodents, carrion (unspecified)	[24]
Canis mesomelas	Black-backed jackal	Cheetah	[63]
Canis mesomelas	Black-backed jackal	Rodents, carrion (unspecified)	[3, 5, 23]
Civettictis civetta	African civet	Rodents, carrion (unspecified)	[5]
Genetta genetta	Small spotted genet	Rodents	[39]
Papio ursinus	Chacma baboon	Baboon	[62]
Papio ursinus	Chacma baboon	Rodents	[1]
Praomys natalensis	Multimammate mouse	Multimammate mouse	[26]
Crocodylus niloticus	Nile crocodile	Leopard	[63]
		Crocodile	[92]
		Nile monitor	[95]
		Lion, hyaena, warthog, baboon	[16]
Potamochoerus larvatus ^a	Bushpig	Carrion (unspecified)	[91]
Phacochoerus africanus ^a	Warthog	Hyaena	[84]
Phacochoerus africanus ^a	Warthog	Civet, carrion (unspecified)	[9]
Canis adustis ^a	Side-striped jackal	Rodents	[3, 5]
Acinonyx jubatus ^a	Cheetah	Rodents, carrion (unspecified)	[47]
Leptailurus serval ^a	Serval	Warthog	[82]
Leptailurus serval ^a	Serval	Rodents, small spotted genet	[82]
Otocyon megalotis ^a	Bat-eared fox	Rodents	[96]
Ichneumia albicauda ^a	White-tailed mongoose	Rodents	[11]
Hyaena hyaena ^a	Striped hyaena	Rodents, carrion (unspecified)	[98]

Species native to GKNP and known host of Trichinella spp. elsewhere.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.