Table 3.
The prevalence of leishmania infection in the studied organs of rodents, as revealed by the nested-PCR in Jahrom district
| Footpad |
Studied organs of rodents (No. and %) |
All | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ear | Liver | Spleen | ||||||||||||
| Species | *Ch. ** | Pos. (%) | Ch. | Pos. | (%) | Ch. | Pos. | (%) | Ch. | Pos. | (%) | Ch. | Pos. | (%) |
| Meriones persicus | 18 | 2 (11.1) | 18 | 1 | (5.6) | 18 | 2 | (11.1) | 18 | 0 | (0) | 72 | 5 | (6.9) |
| Tatera indica | 15 | 2 (13.3) | 15 | 1 | (6.7) | 15 | 0 | (0) | 15 | 0 | (0) | 60 | 3 | (5) |
| Mus musculus | 14 | 1 (7.1) | 14 | 0 | (0) | 14 | 0 | (0) | 14 | 0 | (0) | 56 | 1 | (1.8) |
| Rattus rattus | 8 | 0 (0) | 8 | 0 | (0) | 8 | 1 | (12.5) | 8 | 0 | (0) | 32 | 1 | (3.1) |
| All | 55 | 5 (9.1) | 55 | 2 | (3.6) | 55 | 3 | (5.5) | 55 | 0 | (0) | 220 | 10 | (4.6) |
*
Checked,
**
Positive