Table 2. The combinations of organs/tissues, from rodents caught in southern Iran, found PCR-positive for Leishmania major DNA.

	Meriones persicus	Tatera indica	Mus musculus	Meriones libycus
No. of rodents trapped	3	64	21	1
no. and (%) with PCR-positive:
Foot/feet only	0 (0)	3 (3·1)	4 (19·0)	0 (0)
Ear(s) only	0 (0)	4 (6·3)	3 (14·3)	0 (0)
Liver only	0 (0)	2 (3·1)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Spleen only	0 (0)	4 (6·3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Foot/feet and ear(s) only	0 (0)	2 (3·1)	2 (9·5)	0 (0)
Foot/feet and liver only	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Foot/feet and spleen only	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s) and liver only	0 (0)	4 (6·3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s) and spleen only	0 (0)	1 (1·6)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Spleen and liver only	0 (0)	4 (6·3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s), foot/feet and liver only	2 (67)	2 (3·1)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s), spleen and liver only	0 (0)	6 (9·4)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s), foot/feet and spleen only	1 (33)	3 (4·7)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ear(s), foot/feet, spleen and liver	0 (0)	1 (4·8)	0 (0)	0 (0)