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. 2021 Aug 3;88(1):1911. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v88i1.1911

TABLE 1-A1.

Non-volant small mammal species included in the surveillance of Mokola virus in South Africa.

Non-volant small mammal type Non-volant small mammal species Brain samples
Serum samples
Amount tested Amount positive Amount tested Amount positive
Meletse, Limpopo, South Africa (n = 473)
Shrews (n = 9) Crocidura hirta 2 0 2 0
Crocidura maquassiensis 1 0 1 0
Suncus lixus 3 0 0 0
Sengis (n = 8) Elephantulus brachyrhynchus 4 0 4 0
Rodents (n = 457) Acomys selousi 2 0 3 0
Aethomys sp. 1 0 16 0
Aethomys ineptus 30 0 23 0
Aethomys chrysophilus 20 0 16 0
Gerbilliscus sp. 1 0 5 5
Gerbilliscus leucogaster 33 0 36 31
Graphiurus murinus 3 0 2 0
Lemniscomys rosalia 9 0 7 0
Mastomys coucha 45 0 23 0
Mastomys natalensis s.l. 13 0 12 0
Micaelamys sp. 0 0 3 0
Micaelamys namaquensis 11 0 10 0
Mus (Nannomys) minutoides 29 0 12 0
Rattus sp. 2 0 0 0
Saccostomus campestris 19 0 19 0
Steatomys sp. 13 0 1 0
Steatomys pratensis 21 0 16 0
Total amount of samples tested for Meletse 262 0 211 36
Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa (n = 102)
Shrews (n = 3) Crocidura sp. 2 0 0 0
Suncus sp. 1 0 0 0
Rodents (n = 101) Mastomys sp. 40 0 26 0
Mastomys natalensis 3 0 3 0
Rhabdomys sp. 21 0 6 0
Total amount of samples tested for Secunda 67 0 35 0

Note: Positive results are indicated in bold.

Sp., species.