TABLE 1.

Rodents and shrews examined and results of testing for IgG to HEV

Species	No. of animals trapped	No. with antibody levels of ≥ 5 moU/ml	Antibody prevalencea (95% CI)b	GMCc of positive specimens (moU/ml)	Min-maxd values of positive specimens (moU/ml)
Rattus rattus brunneusculus	350	45	13 (9-17)	48	6-107
Bandicota bengalensis	39	8	21 (9-36)	63	49-92
Suncus murinus	108	2	2 (0.2-6)	50	35-71
Mus musculus castaneus	3	0	0	0	0
Unidentified murine rodents	174	23	13 (8-19)	33	5-98
Total	675	78	12 (9-14)	45	5-107

^aExpressed as a percentage.

^b95% CI, exact 95% confidence interval for the binomial distribution.

^cGMC, geometric mean concentration.

^dMin, minimum; max, maximum.