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Table 1 Numbers of rodent tested and found positive for Orientia sp. for the different rodent species sampled in France, Senegal and Asia

From: Detection of Orientia sp. DNA in rodents from Asia, West Africa and Europe

Geographic area

Rodent species

Number tested

Number positive

France

Myodes glareolus

302

44

 

Arvicola scherman

64

2

 

Microtus arvalis

49

6

 

Microtus agrestis

7

0

 

Microtus subterraneus

4

0

 

Apodemus sylvaticus

67

0

 

Apodemus flavicolis

34

0

 

Rattus norvegicus

30

0

Senegal

Mus musculus

207

48

 

Mastomys erythroleucus

147

0

Asia

Bandicota indica

20

0

 

Bandicota savilei

26

2

 

Berylmys berdmorei

19

0

 

Berylmys bowersi

17

1

 

Chiropodomys gliroides

2

0

 

Hapalomys delacouri

1

0

 

Leopoldamys edwardsi

10

1

 

Leopoldamys sabanus

1

0

 

Maxomys surifer

15

0

 

Menetes berdmorei

1

0

 

Mus caroli

14

0

 

Mus cervicolor

17

0

 

Mus cookii

11

0

 

Mus fragilicauda

1

0

 

Niviventer fulvescens

17

0

 

Rattus argentiventer

1

0

 

Rattus exulans

81

1

 

Rattus losea

32

0

 

Rattus nitidus

1

0

 

Rattus tanezumi

67

5

Total

 

1334

110