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Table 2 Prevalence of Babesia microti in small mammals of different species

From: High prevalence of Babesia microti in small mammals in Beijing

Order

Families

Subfamily

Genus

Species

No. of tested

No. of positive

Positive rate (%)

No. of Kobe- type (%)

No. of U.S.- type (%)

Rodentia

Cricetidae

Cricetinaeh

Tscherskia

Tscherskia triton

12

4

33.3

3 (25.0)

1 (8.3)

Arvicolinae

Myodes

Myodes rufocanus

4

1

25.0

1 (25.0)

0 (0.0)

Muridae

Murinae

Niviventer

Niviventer confucianus

188

58*

30.9

51 (27.1)

8 (4.3)

Apodemus

Apodemus speciosus

120

19

15.8

14 (11.7)

5 (4.2)

Apodemus agrarius

82

11

13.4

10 (12.2)

1 (1.2)

Mus

Mus musculus

197

22

11.2

13 (6.6)

9 (4.6)

Rattus

Rattus norvegicus

776

52

6.7

39 (5.0)

13 (1.7)

Sciuridae

Xerinae

Sciurotamias

Sciurotamias davidianus

7

0

0.0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Insectivora

Soricidae

Soricinae

Sorex

Sorex unguiculatus

5

1

20.0

1 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. *Among the 58 positive rodents of Niviventer confucianus, there was one infected by both Kobe-type and U.S.-type B. microti