Table 1 Infection prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in tissues of small mammal species (N – total number of samples; CI: 95% confidence interval)
From: Toxoplasma gondii in small mammals in Romania: the influence of host, season and sampling location
Species | N | Positive | Prevalence (%) | CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apodemus agrarius | 82 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.1–6.6 |
Apodemus flavicollis | 47 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.4–20.4 |
Apodemus sylvaticus | 22 | 2 | 9.1 | 1.1–29.2 |
Apodemus uralensis | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
Arvicola amphibious | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Crocidura leucodon | 19 | 0 | 0 | - |
Crocidura suaveolens | 40 | 0 | 0 | - |
Micromys minutus | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 0.3–48.3 |
Microtus arvalis | 47 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.5–14.5 |
Microtus subterraneus | 46 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.5–14.8 |
Mus musculus | 53 | 3 | 5.7 | 1.2–15.7 |
Mus spicilegus | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
Myodes glareolus | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 19.2–54.6 |
Neomys anomalus | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Ondatra zibethicus | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
Rattus norvegicus | 15 | 0 | 0 | - |
Sorex araneus | 23 | 5 | 21.7 | 7.5–43.7 |
Sorex minutus | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 5.0-53.8 |
Spermophilus citellus | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.8–90.6 |
Talpa europaea | 11 | 0 | 0 | - |
TOTAL | 471 | 35 | 7.4 | 5.4–10.2 |