Table 2.
The prevalences of leishmania infection in the rodents, as revealed by microscopy and, nested-PCR based detection of Leishmania major kDNA in Jahrom district
| Meriones persicus |
No. and (%) of rodents found positive |
Rattus rattus | All species | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatera indica | Mus musculus | ||||||||||||||
| Study areas | *Ch. | ** Mic. | PCR | Ch. | Mic. | PCR | Ch. | Mic. | PCR | Ch. | Mic. | PCR | Ch. | Mic. | PCR |
| ***Jahrom | 14 | 1(7.1) | 2(14.3) | 13 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 6 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 8 | 1(12.5) | 1(12.5) | 41 | 2(4.9) | 3 (7.3) |
| Fath-Abad | 3 | 2(2.67) | 2(66.7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 | 2(33.3) | 2 (33.3) |
| Mousavieh | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2 | 2(100) | 2(100) | 4 | 1 (25) | 1(25) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 | 3 (50) | 3 (50) |
| Ghotb-Abad | 1 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0(0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| All | 18 | 3(16.7) | 4 (22.2) | 15 | 2(13.3) | 2(13.3) | 14 | 1(7.1) | 1(7.1) | 8 | 1(12.5) | 1(12.5) | 55 | 7 (12.7) | 8 (14.6) |
*
Checked,
**
Microscopy,
***
Urban and suburban areas of Jahrom district