Table 2. Number of the Leptospira species detected in the small mammals per study site*#.
Study sites | Leptospira species | Small mammal species*# | ||||||
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Myodes glareolus | Apodemus agrarius | Apodemus spp. | Apodemus flavicollis | Mustela nivalis | Microtus arvalis | Total | ||
B1 | Leptospira interrogans | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Leptospira borgpetersenii | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Leptospira kirschneri | 21 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 22 | |
B2 | Leptospira interrogans | 2 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 9 |
Leptospira borgpetersenii | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
Leptospira kirschneri | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | |
S | Leptospira interrogans | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Leptospira borgpetersenii | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
Leptospira kirschneri | 12 | 3 | - | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | |
Total | 36 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
*numbers may differ from sum of positive samples detected by real-time PCR as some samples could not be further determined.
#from the following small mammal species none was positive for Leptospira spp. detected by real-time PCR: Arvicola terrestris, Crocidura russula, Talpa europaea, Sorex spp. and Microtus agrestis.