Table 4. Prevalence of the Bartonella species in fleas collected from different localities and seasons in Chile.
Season | Type of locality | Number rodent collected | % Prevalence of fleas [95% Cl] | Intensity mean [95% Cl] | Number fleas analyzed | Number of fleas positive to gltA (%) | Number of fleas positive rpoB (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winter | City | 59 | 28.81 [0.18–0.42] | 3.06 [2.12–4.13] | 49 | 9 (18.36) | 6 (12.24) |
Village | 19 | 57.89 [0.33–0.80] | 3.09 [2.27–3.91] | 33 | 15 (45.45) | 6 (18.18) | |
Wild area | 44 | 31.80 [0.19–0.47] | 1.77 [1.00–2.57] | 17 | 2 (11.76) | 3 (17.65) | |
Total | 122 | 34.43 [0.26–0.43] | 2.62 [2.10–3.31] | 99 | 26 (26.26) | 15 (15.15) | |
Summer | City | 90 | 24.44 [0.16–0.35] | 1.64 [1.27–2.23] | 32 | 3 (9.37) | 3 (9.37) |
Village | 34 | 38.20 [0.22–0.56] | 2.62 [1.77–3.62] | 33 | 8 (24.24) | 15 (44.45) | |
Wild area | 15 | 26.67 [0.08–0.55] | 2.50 [1.00–3.00] | 10 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
Total | 139 | 28.06 [0.21–0.36] | 2.05 [1.64–2.49] | 75 | 11 (14.67) | 19 (25.33) |