Table 2.
Species and genders of the captured small mammals and the prevalence of antibodies against Ehrlichia spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi in small mammals in Taiwan from November 2004 to December 2008
| EHR | STG | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Sex | Total | Positive | % | Positive | % | |
| Rattus norvegicus | M | 602 | 17 | 2.82 | 36 | 5.98 | 0.0293 |
| F | 489 | 13 | 2.66 | 31 | 6.34 | 0.0244 | |
| U | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | 2 | 18.18 | 1.0000 | |
| total | 1102 | 33 | 2.99 | 69 | 6.26 | 0.0023 | |
| Suncus murinus | M | 102 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 3.92 | 0.1213 |
| F | 179 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| U | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| total | 284 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.41 | 0.1237 | |
| Bandicota indica | M | 130 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.77 | 0.0014 |
| F | 52 | 6 | 11.54 | 1 | 1.92 | 0.1123 | |
| total | 182 | 19 | 10.44 | 2 | 1.10 | 0.1886 | |
| Rattus losea | M | 35 | 2 | 5.71 | 1 | 2.86 | 1.0000 |
| F | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 13.33 | 0.4828 | |
| total | 50 | 2 | 4.00 | 3 | 6.00 | 1.0000 | |
| Mus musculus | M | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| F | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| total | 16 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| Rattus tanezumi | M | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| F | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 37.50 | 0.2000 | |
| total | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 23.08 | 0.2200 | |
| Apodemus agrarius | M | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| F | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | -- | - | |
| total | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| Total | 1648 | 54 | 3.28 | 81 | 4.92 | ||
M male, F female, U unknown