TABLE 1.
Prevalence of Bartonella in small mammals trapped in different districts of Nepal
| Districta | Trap areab | No. of Bartonella-infected animals/no. of animals examined (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandicota bengalensis | Mus musculus castaneus | Rattus rattus brunneusculus | Suncus murinus | Subtotal | Total | ||
| Bhaktapur | Bhelukhel | 3/5 (60) | 3/5 (60) | ||||
| Bhelukhel | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | |||||
| Pode Tole | 0/2 (0) | 4/8 (50) | 0/1 (0) | 4/11 (36.4) | |||
| NK | 4/12 (33.3) | 4/9 (44.4) | 8/21 (38.1) | ||||
| Subtotal | 0/2 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 12/26 (46.2) | 4/10 (40) | 16/38 (42.1) | ||
| Kathmandu | Hyumata | 2/2 (100) | 2/3 (66.7) | 4/5 (80) | |||
| Inakha Tole | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | |||||
| Kalimati | 2/6 (33.3) | 0/1 (0) | 1/5 (20) | 7/12 (58.3) | 10/24 (41.7) | ||
| Lagan Tole | 0/4 (0) | 2/3 (66.7) | 3/5 (60) | 5/12 (41.7) | |||
| Sabalbahal | 7/21 (33.3) | 0/1 (0) | 2/6 (33.3) | 7/14 (50) | 16/42 (38.1) | ||
| Teku | 1/4 (25) | 0/1 (0) | 4/13 (30.8) | 1/1 (100) | 6/19 (31.6) | ||
| Tokha (suburb) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | |||||
| NK | 1/2 (50) | 15/25 (60) | 16/27 (59.3) | ||||
| Subtotal | 10/35 (28.6) | 0/3 (0) | 13/32 (40.6) | 38/63 (60.3) | 61/133 (45.9) | ||
| Lalitpur | Bakhar | 4/4 (100) | 4/4 (100) | ||||
| Bakhar Thati | 0/3 (0) | 0/3 (0) | |||||
| Lagankhel | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | |||||
| Patan | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | |||||
| Sabalbahal | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | |||||
| NK | 9/24 (37.5) | 15/17 (88.2) | 24/41 (58.5) | ||||
| Subtotal | 0/1 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 14/32 (43.8) | 17/19 (89.5) | 31/52 (59.6) | ||
| Total | 10/38 (26.3) | 0/3 (0) | 39/90 (43.3) | 59/92 (64.1) | 108/223 (48.4) | ||
a
The following Bartonella species were detected: in Bhaktapur, B. coopersplainsensis, B. elizabethae, B. queenslandensis, and a novel Bartonella species; in Kathmandu, B. coopersplainsensis, B. elizabethae, B. queenslandensis, B. rochalimae, B. tribocorum, and a novel Bartonella species; and in Lalitpur, B. coopersplainsensis, B. elizabethae, B. phoceensis, B. queenslandensis, B. rattimassiliensis, B. tribocorum, and a novel Bartonella species.
b
NK, not known.