TABLE 1.

Prevalence of P. marneffei in bamboo rats (C. badius) in Manipur state, India, from June 2002 to April 2003

Mo and yr	Locality	No. of rats investigated	No. of rats (%) testing positive
June 2002	Senapati district	8	0
November to December 2002	Senapati district	15	2 (13.3)
January 2003	Senapati district	12	0
February 2003	Tamenglong district	14	0
March 2003	Tamenglong district	48	7 (14.6)
April 2003	Tamenglong district	13	1 (7.7)
Total		110	10 (9.1%)