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Table 1 Bartonella spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum and “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” in small mammals from Germany and the Czech Republic

From: Highly prevalent bartonellae and other vector-borne pathogens in small mammal species from the Czech Republic and Germany

Small mammal family/species

No. of analysed small mammals

No. of small mammals positive (%; 95% CIa) for

Total

Females

Males

Bartonella spp.

A. phagocytophilum

CNMb

Muridaec

56

26

30

42 (75; 62.2–84.6)

0 (0)

8 (14.3; 7.2–26.0)

 Apodemus agrarius

2

1

1

2 (100; 29.0–100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Apodemus flavicollis

48

23

25

36 (75; 61.1–85.2)

0 (0)

6 (12.5; 5.5–25.1)

 Apodemus sylvaticus

6

2

4

4 (66.7; 29.6–90.8)

0 (0)

2 (33.3; 9.3–70.4)

Cricetidae

227d

118d

108d

150 (66.1; 59.7–71.9)

1 (0.4; 0–2.7)

19 (8.4; 5.4–12.8)

 Microtus agrestis c

1

1

0

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Microtus arvalis e

148d

77d

70d

115 (77.7; 70.3–83.7)

0 (0)

7 (4.7; 2.1–9.6)

 Myodes glareolus c

78

40

38

35 (44.9; 34.3–55.9)

1 (1.3; 0–7.6)

13 (16.7; 9.9–26.6)

Soricidaec

38

17

21

24 (63.2; 47.3–76.7)

2 (5.3; 0.5–18.2)

0 (0)

 Sorex araneus

30

12

18

19 (63.3; 45.5–78.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Sorex coronatus

7

4

3

5 (71.4; 35.2–92.4)

2 (28.6; 7.6–64.8)

0 (0)

 Sorex minutus

1

1

0

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Total

321

161

159

216 (67.3; 62.0–72.2)

3 (0.9; 0.2–2.8)

27 (8.4; 5.8–12.0)

  1. a95% CI, 95% confidence interval
  2. bCandidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis”
  3. cAll derived from Germany
  4. dSex could not be determined for one individual
  5. e147 individual derived from the Czech Republic, 1 individual from Germany