Table 1.
Description of Trapping Sites, Rodents Trapped, and Pathogens Found
| Pathogen detection (no. of positive animals/total no. of animals analyzed) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trapping locality | Site | Vegetation | Species | No. of trapped animals | PCR or RT-PCR | Serology |
| Altenburga | A1 | Tall forbs, thick grass layer, bordering to a field | Apodemus flavicollis | 4 | Leptospira spp. (3/4), Borrelia afzelii (1/4) | Rickettsia spp. (1/4) |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 1 | None | Rickettsia spp. (1/1) | |||
| A2 | Bank slope with a thick grass and herbal layer | Apodemus flavicollis | 1 | None | None | |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 3 | Leptospira spp. (2/3) | None | |||
| Laa an der Thayab | L1 | Overgrown sand pit with grassy ground, tall forbs, elder, and robinia bushery | Apodemus flavicollis | 2 | None | None |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 4 | Borrelia afzelii (1/4) | None | |||
| Clethrionomys glareolus | 8 | Borrelia afzelii (1/8) | Rickettsia spp. (1/8) | |||
| Microtus arvalis | 7 | TULV (1/7), Leptospira spp. (1/7), Borrelia afzelii (4/7), Rickettsia spp.(2/7), Bartonella taylorii (2/7) | TULV (1/7), Rickettsia spp. (1/7) | |||
| L2 | Edge of a robinia–ash forest, bordering to a field | Apodemus flavicollis | 10 | Borrelia afzelii (1/10), Bartonella taylorii (1/10) | DOBV (1/10) | |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 5 | Bartonella taylorii (1/5), Bartonella grahamii (2/5) | LCMV (1/5)c | |||
| Clethrionomys glareolus | 5 | None | Rickettsia spp. (1/5) | |||
| Microtus arvalis | 4 | TULV (1/4), Borrelia afzelii (2/4) | TULV (1/4), Rickettsia spp. (1/4) | |||
| L3 | Base of an embankment at the Thaya with a thick hedge of robinia, blackthorn, ash, and Euonymus europaeus | Apodemus flavicollis | 4 | None | Rickettsia spp. (1/4) | |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 8 | Bartonella birtlesii (1/8), Bartonella taylorii (2/8) | None | |||
| Clethrionomys glareolus | 5 | Leptospira spp. (2/5), Borrelia afzelii (1/5) | None | |||
| Microtus arvalis | 4 | Borrelia afzelii (2/4), Borrelia garinii (1/4) | Rickettsia spp. (1/4) | |||
| L4 | Robinia and ash forest with grassy ground and local stinging-nettle populations | Apodemus flavicollis | 4 | Borrelia afzelii (1/4), Bartonella taylorii (1/4) | None | |
| Clethrionomys glareolus | 11 | Leptospira spp. (1/10d), Borrelia afzelii (1/11), Rickettsia spp. (1/10d) | Rickettsia spp. (1/11), OPV (1/7d)c | |||
| L5 | Northern bank of the Thaya with extended goldenrod vegetation and moist ground | Apodemus flavicollis | 4 | Bartonella taylorii (1/3d) | None | |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 5 | Bartonella taylorii (1/5) | Rickettsia spp. (1/5) | |||
| Clethrionomys glareolus | 11 | Bartonella doshiae (1/11) | Rickettsia spp. (1/11) | |||
a
A1: 65 traps at WGS 84: 48.63086 N 15.61078 E 281 m, and A2: 135 traps at WGS84: 48.62995 N 15.61493 E 266 m.
b
L1: 65 traps at WGS 84: 48.73685 N 16.33875 E 182 m; L2: 70 traps at WGS 84: 48.73583 N 16.33818 E 184 m; L3: 100 traps at WGS 84: 48.73587 N 16.34259 E 183 m;
L4: 50 traps at WGS 84: 48.73450 N 16.34060 E 178 m; L5: 80 traps at WGS 84: 48.73571 N 16.34543 E 182 m.
c
The Pan-arenavirus RT-PCR and the OPV-PCR were negative.
d
For this analysis samples were not available for all animals.
TULV, Tula virus; DOBV, Dobrava-Belgrade virus; OPV, orthopox virus; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.