Table 1 PCR testing for Orientia tsutsugamushi on spleen, lung and liver tissue (aggregate results) of different small mammal species by site
Study site | Ban Song Kwair (BSK) (%) | Ban Mae Mon (BMM) (%) | Ban Thoet Thai (BTT) (%) | Total (% positive) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bandicota indica | – | – | 5/21 (24) | 21 (23.8) |
Berylmys berdmorei | – | – | 0/1 (0) | 1 (0) |
Berylmys bowersi | – | 1/1 (100) | 0/2 (0) | 4 (25) |
Callosciurus erythraeus | 0/1 (0) | – | – | 1 (0) |
Maxomys surifer | 0/3 (0) | – | – | 3 (0) |
Menetes berdmorei | 0/1 (0) | 0/3 (0) | – | 4 (0) |
Mus caroli | – | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 2 (0) |
Mus cookii | – | 1/8 (13) | 1/2 (50) | 10 (20) |
Niviventer fulvescens | – | – | 0/1 (0) | 2 (0) |
Rattus andamanensis | 6/19 (32) | – | – | 19 (31.5) |
Rattus exulans | 3/16 (19) | – | 1/2 (50) | 18 (22.2) |
Rattus nitidus | 2/8 (25) | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 10 (20) |
Rattus sp. | 2/2 (100) | – | – | 2 (100) |
Rattus tanezumi | 3/13 (23) | 5/20 (25) | 8/17 (47) | 50 (32) |
Suncus murinus | – | 0/2 (0) | – | 2 (0) |
Tupaia glis | 0/1 (0) | 0/5 (0) | – | 6 (0) |
Total | 16/64 (25) | 7/43 (16) | 15/48 (31) | 155 (24.5) |