Research Article

Assessing Variation in the Individual-Level Impacts of a Multihost Pathogen

Table 2

Overview summary of the types of individual-level pathogen impacts reported for Sarcoptes scabiei infection in free-living host species, sorted into categories of impacts. Percentages are shown in parentheses.

External manifestationsClass ratio effectsMetabolicImmunologicalBehavioural

Pathogen impacts8 (25.8)5 (16.1)10 (32.3)1 (3.2)7 (22.6)
Times reported415 (59.6)50 (7.2)167 (24.0)6 (0.9)58 (8.3)

Refers to classes within a population (sex and age) being disproportionately affected by sarcoptic mange.