Table 2.

Prevalence of Bartonella in rodents of Tanzania

Rodent species	Common name	Habitat	Area/district	No. of positive/studied (% positive)	Total no. of positive/studied (% positive)
Grammomys sp.	African thicket rat	Crop field and fallow land	Ari	1/1 (100)	1/1 (100)
Lophuromys sp. (dudui-related)	Brush-furred rat	Crop field and fallow land	Tumati	3/6 (50)	9/18 (50)
		Natural forest	Ari	0/1 (0)
		–	Tumati	6/11 (54.5)
Mus minutoides	African pigmy mouse	Crop field and fallow land	Ari	0/2 (0)	0/11 (0)
		–	Tumati	0/9 (0)
Praomys delectorum	African soft-furred rat	Crop field and fallow land	Tumati	2/3 (66.7)	6/9 (66.7)
		Natural forest	–	4/6 (66.7)
Total (4 species)					16/39 (41)