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

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Table 2

Occurrence of Trichinella spp. in wildlife species from the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, from 1964 to 2019.

Animal species	Common name	No positive/tested	Total prevalence (%)	Tz	Tn	T8	NID	References
Panthera leo	Lion	22^*/98	22.4	4	4	4	11	[36, 40, 43, 54, 79, 100]
Panthera pardus	Leopard	2^*/7	28.6	1	1	1	0	[38, 54, 101]
Varanus niloticus	Nile monitor	1/2	NC	1	–	–	–	[54]
Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyaena	17/26	65.4	2	–	1	14	[54, 100]
Felis silvestris lybica	African Wildcat	1/1	NC	–	–	–	1	[54]
Canis mesomelas ^**	Black-backed jackal	1/2	NC	–	–	–	1	[100]
Civettictis civetta	African civet	1/2	NC	–	–	–	1	[54, 101]
Genetta genetta	Small spotted genet	1/2	NC	1	–	–	0	[54]
Papio ursinus	Chacma baboon	1/6	16.7	–	–	–	1	[54]
Praomys natalensis	Multimammate mouse	1/44	2.3	–	–	–	1	[100]
Crocodylus niloticus	Nile crocodile	16/43	37.2	16	–	–	–	[35, 37, 54]
Asio capensis	Marsh owl	1/1	NC	–	–	–	1	[54]
Total		65/234		25	5	6	31

Tz = Trichinella zimbabwensis, Tn = Trichinella nelsoni, T8 = Trichinella genotype T8, NID = Not identified to species level;

One animal represents a mixed infection of Trichinella nelsoni and Trichinella T8;

^**

Incorrectly reported as Side striped jackal (Canis adustus) by Marucci et al. [43] and Mukaratirwa et al. [53], NC = Not calculated due to sample size < 5.

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