Table 2 Rodent distribution and leptospiral carrier status in the epidemic area of Guizhou Province
Distribution of rodents and statistics of rodent surveillance | Data of rodents for the three sites | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jinping | Liping | Rongjiang | ||
Distribution of rodents | Apodemus agrarius | 17* | 16# | 0 |
Rattus norvegicus | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Apodemus chevrieri | 3 | 40 | 20 | |
Rattus tanezumi | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
Rattus nitidus Hodgson | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Rattus flavipectus | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
Other rodents | 6 | 8 | 11 | |
Statistics of rodent monitoring | Number of traps (NT) | 900 | 600 | 600 |
Number of trapped rodents (NR) | 45 | 73 | 42 | |
Percentage of rodents density (NR/NT) | 5 | 12.7 | 7 | |
Number of isolated strains (NS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Percentage of positive isolation (NS/NR) | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0 | |