Table 2. Prevalence of infestation with trombiculid mites and infection of mite pools with Orientia species per site and rodent species.

Site and host species	Trapped rodents	Mite infested rodents				Mite pools
		Total		Herpetacarus	Quadraseta	Paratrombicula	Total	Orientia pos.
	n	n	%	n	n	n	n	n	%
Site 1	18	12	67	12	0	0	12	0	0
Abrothrix olivacea	14	9	64	9	0	0	9	0	0
Geoxus valdivianus	4	3	75	3	0	0	3	0	0
Site 2	43	31	72	31	0	0	31	6	19.4
Abrothrix olivacea	34	23	67	23	0	0	23	5	21.7
Geoxus valdivianus	5	5	100	5	0	0	5	1	20.0
Oligoryzomys longicaudatus	3	2	67	2	0	0	2	0	0
Loxodontomys micropus	1	1	100	1	0	0	1	0	0
Site 3	36	9	25	0	9	9	9	0	0
Abrothrix olivacea	26	8	31	0	8	8	8	0	0
Geoxus valdivianus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Irenomys tarsalis	9	1	11	0	1	1	1	0	0
Site 4	37	24	65	24	0	0	24	10	41.7
Abrothrix olivacea	29	20	69	20	0	0	20	9	45.0
Abrothrix sanborni	3	2	67	2	0	0	2	1	50.0
Geoxus valdivianus	2	1	50	1	0	0	1	0	0
Irenomys tarsalis	1	1	100	1	0	0	1	0	0
Loxodontomys micropus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rattus norvegicus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Site 5	73	28	38	28	0	0	28	2	7.1
Abrothrix olivacea	54	20	37	20	0	0	20	1	5.0
Abrothrix sanborni	6	3	50	3	0	0	3	1	33.3
Geoxus valdivianus	1	1	100	1	0	0	1	0	0
Irenomys tarsalis	10	3	30	3	0	0	3	0	0
Loxodontomys micropus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rattus norvegicus	1	1	100	1	0	0	1	0	0
Site 6	37	29	78	29	0	0	29	3	10.3
Abrothrix olivacea	28	22	79	22	0	0	22	2	9.1
Abrothrix sanborni	4	4	100	4	0	0	4	1	25.0
Irenomys tarsalis	5	3	60	3	0	0	3	0	0
Total	244	133	55	124	9	9	133	21	15.8