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Table 2 Prevalence of Babesia microti in rodents per species, gender and site

From: Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia

  

Males

Females

Fisher’s

Total

Site

Species

% (pos/ex)

95 % CI

% (pos/ex)

95 % CI

exact test P

% (pos/ex)

95 % CI

Bratislava

Micea

4.1 (4/97)

1.0–8.2

0 (0/84)

–

0.125

2.2 (4/181)

0.6–5.0

 

M. glareolus

0 (0/65)

–

0 (0/54)

–

–

0 (0/119)

–

 

Total

2.5 (4/162)

0.6–4.9

0 (0/138)

–

0.127

1.3 (4/300)

0.3–2.7

Fúgelka

Micea

3.1 (3/98)

0–7.1

1.3 (1/80)

0–3.8

0.629

2.2 (4/178)

0.6–4.5

 

M. glareolus

1.9 (1/53)

0–5.7

0 (0/55)

–

0.491

0.9 (1/108)

0–3.7

 

Microtus spp.b

75.0 (6/8)

37.5–100.0

16.7 (2/12)

0–41.7

0.019

40.0 (8/20)

20.0–60.0

 

Total

6.3 (10/159)

2.5–10.1

2.0 (3/147)

0–4.8

0.089

4.2 (13/306)

2.0–6.5

Total

 

4.4 (14/321)

2.2–6.5

1.1 (3/285)

0–2.5

0.014

2.8 (17/606)

1.7–4.3

  1. (pos/ex), number of positive/number of examined; 95 % CI, confidence interval; aMice comprise Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus (1 female from Bratislava, 1 male from Fúgelka) and one Micromys minutus male from Fúgelka; b Microtus spp. comprises of Microtus arvalis and one Microtus subterraneus female