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. 2016 Mar 25;10(3):e0004501. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004501

Table 2. Number of the Leptospira species detected in the small mammals per study site*#.

Study sites Leptospira species Small mammal species*#
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.