Volume 12, Number 6—June 2006
Dispatch
Francisella tularensis in Rodents, China
Fang Zhang*, Wei Liu*, May C. Chu†, Jun He*, Qing Duan*, Xiao-Ming Wu*, Pan-He Zhang*, Qiu-Min Zhao*, Hong Yang*, Zhong-Tao Xin‡, and Wu-Chun Cao*
Table
Results of detection for Francisella tularensis in rodents by species and geographic origin in China
| Rodent species |
No. positive/no. detected (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jilin | Heilongjiang | Inner Mongolia | Xinjiang | Zhejiang | Total | |
| Apodemus peninsulae | 9/43 (20.93) | 0/129 | 0/5 | –* | – | 9/60 (15) |
| A. agrarius | 0/24 | 0/12 | 2/36 (5.56) | – | 0/7 (0) | 2/79 (2.5) |
| Cricetus barabensis | – | – | 0/5 | – | – | 0/5 |
| Cricetus migratorius | – | – | – | 1/4 (25) | 0/13(0) | 1/17 (5.88) |
| Cricetus triton | 1/5 (20) | – | – | – | – | 1/5 (20) |
| Clethrionomys rutilus | – | – | 0/13 | – | – | 0/13 |
| Clethrionomys rufocanus | 0/23 | 4/37(10.81) | 0/2 | – | – | 4/62 (6.45) |
| Rattus losea | – | – | – | – | 0/30 | 0/30 |
| R. norvegicus | 0/1 | 0/11 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/16 | |
| R. confucianus | – | – | – | – | 0/70 | 0/70 |
| Mus musculus | 0/4(0) | – | – | 0/11 | – | 0/15 |
| Microtus maximoviczii | – | – | 0/35 | – | – | 0/35 |
| Meriones lybicus | – | – | – | 1/4 (25) | – | 1/4 (25) |
| Eutamias sibiricus | 2/3 (66.67) | – | 0/6 | – | – | 2/9 (22.22) |
| Total | 12/103 (11.65) | 4/61 (6.56) | 2/113 (1.77) | 2/20 (10) | 0/123 | 20/420 (4.76) |
*–, no rodents captured.
