Table 2 Species and genders of the captured small mammals and the prevalence of antibodies against Ehrlichia spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi in small mammals in Taiwan from November 2004 to December 2008
| Â | Â | Â | EHR | STG | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species | Sex | Total | Positive | % | Positive | % | |
Rattus norvegicus | M | 602 | 17 | 2.82 | 36 | 5.98 | 0.0293 |
| Â | F | 489 | 13 | 2.66 | 31 | 6.34 | 0.0244 |
| Â | U | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | 2 | 18.18 | 1.0000 |
| Â | total | 1102 | 33 | 2.99 | 69 | 6.26 | 0.0023 |
Suncus murinus | M | 102 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 3.92 | 0.1213 |
| Â | F | 179 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | U | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | total | 284 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.41 | 0.1237 |
Bandicota indica | M | 130 | 13 | 10.00 | 1 | 0.77 | 0.0014 |
| Â | F | 52 | 6 | 11.54 | 1 | 1.92 | 0.1123 |
| Â | total | 182 | 19 | 10.44 | 2 | 1.10 | 0.1886 |
Rattus losea | M | 35 | 2 | 5.71 | 1 | 2.86 | 1.0000 |
| Â | F | 15 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 13.33 | 0.4828 |
| Â | total | 50 | 2 | 4.00 | 3 | 6.00 | 1.0000 |
Mus musculus | M | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | F | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | total | 16 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
Rattus tanezumi | M | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | F | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 37.50 | 0.2000 |
| Â | total | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 23.08 | 0.2200 |
Apodemus agrarius | M | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
| Â | F | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | -- | - |
| Â | total | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
Total | Â | 1648 | 54 | 3.28 | 81 | 4.92 | Â |