Table 2. Prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica O8 by sampling area and rodents species.
| Animal species | Sex/age | No. of positive animals/No. of animals examined (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Kuchibuto | Mt. Hayama | Total | |||
| Apodemus speciosus | Male | Juvenile | 2/59 (3.4) | 0/57 (0.0) | 2/116 (1.7) |
| Adult | 0/51 (0.0) | 1/78 (1.3) | 1/129 (0.8) | ||
| Subtotal | 2/110 (1.8) | 1/135 (0.7) | 3/245 (1.2) | ||
| Female | Juvenile | 0/45 (0.0) | 1/71 (1.4) | 1/116 (0.9) | |
| Adult | 2/41 (4.9) | 0/62 (0.0) | 2/103 (1.9) | ||
| Subtotal | 2/86 (2.3) | 1/133 (0.8) | 3/219 (1.4) | ||
| Subtotal | 4/196 (2.0) | 2/268 (0.7) | 6/464 (1.2) | ||
| Apodemus argenteus | Male | 3/74 (4.1) | 1/40 (2.5) | 4/114 (3.5) | |
| Female | 3/75 (4.0) | 0/43 (0.0) | 3/118 (2.5) | ||
| Subtotal | 6/149 (4.0) | 1/83 (1.2) | 7/232 (3.0) | ||
| Total | 10/345 (2.9) | 3/351 (0.9) | 13/696 (1.9) | ||