Table 1.
Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results for detection of antibodies against the fraction 1 antigen of Yersinia pestis in the sera of small mammals
| Species | Number of animals tested for antibodies and % of positive samples in each district |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbulu | Lushoto | Iringa and Kilolo | Mvomero | Total | |
| Praomys delectorum | 59 (1.7) | 17 (5.9) | 0 | 3 | 79 |
| Rattus rattus | 19 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 74 |
| Mastomys natalensis | 61 (16.4) | 157 (3.2) | 72 (13.9) | 33 (18.2) | 323 |
| Lophuromys Kilonzoi | 0 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 58 |
| Lophuromys makundii | 24 (4.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Lophuromys machangui | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grammomys surdaster | 0 | 17 (5.9) | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Grammomys macmillani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Crocidura hirta | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 (60) | 12 |
| Steatomys pratensis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Graphiurus raptor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Aethomys chrysophilus | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Aethomys kaiseri | 19 (21.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Dasymys incomptus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lemniscomys striatus | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemniscomys zebra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mus minutoides | 0 | 0 | 5 (20.0) | 2 | 7 |
| Mus gratus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arvicanthis neumanni | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Arvicanthis nairobae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 194 (7.7) | 283 (2.5) | 97 (11.3) | 71 (12.7) | 645 |