Table 1.
Bartonella spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum and “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” in small mammals from Germany and the Czech Republic
| Small mammal family/species | No. of analysed small mammals | No. of small mammals positive (%; 95% CIa) for | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Females | Males | Bartonella spp. | A. phagocytophilum | CNMb | |
| Muridaec | 56 | 26 | 30 | 42 (75; 62.2–84.6) | 0 (0) | 8 (14.3; 7.2–26.0) |
| Apodemus agrarius | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 (100; 29.0–100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Apodemus flavicollis | 48 | 23 | 25 | 36 (75; 61.1–85.2) | 0 (0) | 6 (12.5; 5.5–25.1) |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 (66.7; 29.6–90.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3; 9.3–70.4) |
| Cricetidae | 227d | 118d | 108d | 150 (66.1; 59.7–71.9) | 1 (0.4; 0–2.7) | 19 (8.4; 5.4–12.8) |
| Microtus agrestis c | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Microtus arvalis e | 148d | 77d | 70d | 115 (77.7; 70.3–83.7) | 0 (0) | 7 (4.7; 2.1–9.6) |
| Myodes glareolus c | 78 | 40 | 38 | 35 (44.9; 34.3–55.9) | 1 (1.3; 0–7.6) | 13 (16.7; 9.9–26.6) |
| Soricidaec | 38 | 17 | 21 | 24 (63.2; 47.3–76.7) | 2 (5.3; 0.5–18.2) | 0 (0) |
| Sorex araneus | 30 | 12 | 18 | 19 (63.3; 45.5–78.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Sorex coronatus | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 (71.4; 35.2–92.4) | 2 (28.6; 7.6–64.8) | 0 (0) |
| Sorex minutus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 321 | 161 | 159 | 216 (67.3; 62.0–72.2) | 3 (0.9; 0.2–2.8) | 27 (8.4; 5.8–12.0) |
a95% CI, 95% confidence interval
b“Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis”
cAll derived from Germany
dSex could not be determined for one individual
e147 individual derived from the Czech Republic, 1 individual from Germany