Protozoan Parasites of Rodents and Their Zoonotic Significance in Boyer-Ahmad District, Southwestern Iran

Table 1

Distribution of protozoan infection according to genus of the studied rodents.

	Rattus		Meriones		Calomyscus		Apodemus		Arvicola		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
G. muris	7	70	2	20	0	0	1	10	0	0	10	19.23
Trichomonas	7	36.8	4	21.1	1	5.3	7	36.8	0	0	19	36.5
Blastocystis	6	60	2	20	1	10	1	10	0	0	10	19.23
Entamoeba	4	36.4	6	54.5	0	0	1	1.9	0	0	11	21.1
Chilomastix	1	33.3	1	33.3	0	0	1	33.3	0	0	3	5.8
Endolimax	5	71.4	1	14.3	0	0	1	33.3	0	0	7	13.46
Retortamonas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	1.92
Trypanosoma	6	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11.53
T. gondii	0	0	1	33.3	1	33.3	1	33.3	0	0	3	508