Table 1.

Prevalence of Bartonella in small mammals of Democratic Republic of Congo

Mammal species	Common name	Habitat	Area/district	No. positive/studied (% positive)	Total no. of positive/studied (% positive)
Arvicanthis neumanni	Neumann's grass rat	Crop field	Kpandruma	0/1 (0)	2/5 (40)
		–	Rethy	2/3 (66.7)
		–	Zaa	0/1 (0)
Crocidura sp.	White-toothed shrew	Swamp area	Djalusene	0/1 (0)	0/8 (0)
		–	Kpandruma	0/1 (0)
		–	Rethy	0/3 (0)
		–	Zaa	0/3 (0)
Lophuromys rita	Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat	Crop field	Djalusene	0/1 (0)	1/4 (25)
		–	Rethy	1/3 (33.3)
Mastomys coucha	Multimammate rat	Crop field	Kpandruma	0/4 (0)	0/10 (0)
		House	Zaa	0/6 (0)
Mus minutoides	African pygmy mouse	Bushes	Djalusene	0/1 (0)	4/6 (66.7)
		Bushes	Rethy	3/4 (75)
		Swamp area	Rethy	1/1 (100)
Otomys sp.	African vlei rat	Crop filed	Rethy	0/1 (0)	0/1 (0)
Rattus rattus	Black rat	House, domestic environment	Djalusene	0/1 (0)	1/25 (4)
			Kpandruma	0/5 (0)
			Rethy	0/2 (0)
			Zaa	1/17 (5.9)
Total (7 species)					8/59 (13.6)