Table 1.
Number of rats trapped per site by species and total number of fleas examined per site, northeastern Thailand
Site designation | No. Rattus exulans/site | No. R. norvegicus/site | No. R. rattus/site | No. fleas examined/site* |
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Village 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 60 |
Village 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Village 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
Village 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Neighborhood market | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Farmland (pig farm and rice fields) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
Total | 43 | 10 | 9 | 193 |
Total number of fleas per rat was not determined. No more than five fleas/rat were screened for Bartonella DNA.