Table 2 Comparison of overall haemogregarines prevalence in the lizard blood samples collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during present study. Total number of collected Lizard samples are represented by N. % prevalence of pathogen is given in parenthesis. P -value indicates the results of one way ANOVA test.

From: Leading report on the molecular prevalence of emerging pathogens Hepatozoon sp. and Lankesterella sp. in the blood samples of seven wild lizard species

Lizards species

Haemogregarines positive samples

Haemogregarines negative samples

P- value

Laudakia tuberculata

N = 53

7/53 (13%)

46/53 (87%)

0.8

Laudakia pakistanica

N = 15

3/15 (20%)

12/15 (80%)

 

Hemidactylus flaviviridis

N = 7

0/7 (0%)

7/7 (100%)

 

Laudakia agrorensis

N = 4

1/4 (25%)

3/4 (75%)

 

Calotes versicolar

N = 2

0/2 (0%)

2/2 (100%)

 

Laudakia nupta

N = 2

0/2 (0%)

2/2 (1000%)

 

Varanus bengalensis

N = 1

0/1 (0%)

1/1 (100%)

 
  1. P > 0.05 = Non significant.
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