Table 2.

Rodents captured species diversity and prevalence of bacterial plague in the study area

Rodent species	Nkayi district			Umzingwane district			Overall prevalence (%)
	# of rodents captured	# of rodents that are positive for Y. pestis	Prevalence (%)	# of rodents captured	# of rodents that positive for Y. pestis	Prevalence (%)
M. natalensis	0		0	17	1	5.9	5.9
S. campestris	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
G. brantsi	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
G. leucogaster	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Species diversity (H′)	0.89	—	—	0.62	—	—	—
Total/average (%)	23	0	0	21	1	4.8	2.4

Note: – denotes not applicable; # – denotes number.