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Table 5 Summary of percentage of hosts testing O. tsutsugamushi positive, subdivided into taxonomic groups

From: Scrub typhus ecology: a systematic review of Orientia in vectors and hosts

Group

Major species tested

Total no. of individuals tested

Total no. positive (all test types)

Percent positive

Artiodactylaa

Cow, sheep, goat, pig

1568

54

3.4

Aves

Chicken, Passer domesticus, Motacilla cinerea

293

16

5.5

Canidaeb

Dog, Cerdocyon thous

1826

325

17.8

Chiropterac

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Eptisicus serotinus

797

99

12.4

Cricetidae

Cricetulus triton, Microtus fortis, Myodes glareolus

2516

308

12.2

Echimyidaed

Thrichomys fosteri

85

0

0

Erinaceidae

Echinosorex gymnura

8

0

0

Felidaed

Leopardus pardialis

7

0

0

Herpestidae

Herpestes javanicus

1

0

0

Lagomorpha

Ochotona roylei

6

0

0

Marsupialia

Isoodon macrourus, Thylamys macrurus

285

37

14.5

Muridae

Apodemus agrarius, Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus tiomanicus, Bandicota indica

52,670

13,419

25.5

Mustelidae

Melogale personata

7

1

14.2

Reptilia

Lizards, Physignathus lesuerii

61

0

0

Sciuridae

Callosciurus notatus, Tamias sibiricus

1692

105

6.2

Simiformes

Macaca fascicularis

27

12

44.0

Soricidae

Suncus murinus, Crocidura lasiura

1247

165

13.2

Talpidaee

Urotrichus talpoides

13

3

23.0

Tupaiidae

Tupaia glis

333

49

14.7

Viverridaef

Paradoxurus hermaphrodites

6

0

0

Multiple or unidentified species

–

20,056

4649

23.2

  1. aOnly performed in China, Taiwan and Russia
  2. bOnly dogs positive
  3. cSingle study from South Korea using serology
  4. dOnly tested in Brazil
  5. eOnly tested in Japan
  6. fOnly tested in Vietnam