Table 1 Prevalence of T. cruzi infection (number positive/number tested, followed by % in parentheses) in rodents by species and across all species sampled in New Orleans and Baton Rouge (Louisiana), with reference to the total number of sites where rodents were trapped and assayed for T. cruzi in each study area, followed (in parentheses) by the number of sites in each study area where Sherman trapping was conducted

Bywater

9 (0)

3/9 (33)

6/26 (23)

–

–

–

9/35 (26)

CBD

5 (0)

3/44 (7)

–

0/1 (0)

–

–

3/45 (7)

French Quarter

6 (0)

7/52 (13)

1/8 (13)

–

–

–

8/60 (13)

Gentilly

10 (10)

2/14 (14)

6/89 (7)

8/55 (15)

–

–

16/158 (10)

Lakeshore

10 (0)

0/1 (0)

10/71 (14)

–

–

–

10/72 (14)

Lakeview

7 (0)

0/1 (0)

16/77 (21)

–

–

–

16/78 (21)

Lower 9th Ward

10 (10)

10/159 (6)

9/177 (5)

21/239 (9)

0/4 (0)

–

40/579 (7)

Natural area

8 (8)

0/2 (0)

2/22 (9)

4/43 (9)

5/16 (31)

1/7 (14)

12/90 (13)

St. Bernard Parish

7 (7)

0/1 (0)

1/4 (25)

21/52 (40)

–

–

22/57 (39)

Upper 9th Ward

16 (0)

5/78 (6)

8/98 (8)

–

–

–

13/176 (7)

Uptown

10 (10)

2/13 (15)

7/45 (16)

0/4 (0)

–

–

9/72 (13)

Baton Rouge

1 (0)

0/6 (0)

–

–

–

–

0/6 (0)

Total

99 (44)

32/380 (8)

66/627 (11)

54/394 (14)

5/20 (25)

1/7 (14)

158/1428 (11)