Frequency of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Synanthropic and Wild Rodents Captured in a Rural Community in Southeast of Mexico

Table 2

Frequency (%) of Trypanosoma cruzi positive infection diagnosed by qPCR in blood and heart tissue samples of synanthropic and wild rodents captured in a rural community in southwest Mexico.

Species	Blood samples; positive	Parasite/L; Mean ±SD (range)	Heart tissue samples; positive	eq-parasite/mg; Mean ±SD (range)
Synanthropic
Rattus rattus	3/21 (14.28%)	4.54 ±1.29 (3.09-5.57)	2/23 (8.69%)	4.70 ±3.68 (2.10-7.31)
Mus musculus	0/4 (0%)		0/21 (0)
Wild
Ototylomys phyllotis	1/4 (25%)	5.58	3/7 (42.85%)	2.70 ±0.92 (1.68-3.47)
Peromyscus yucatanicus	0/3 (0%)		2/5 (40%)	2.27 ±1.15 (1.45-3.09)
Sigmodon toltecus	0/1 (0%)		0/1 (0%)
Heteromys gaumeri	0/8 (0%)		0/10 (0%)
Peromyscus leucopus	-		0/1 (0%)
Total	4/41 (9.75)	4.80 ±1.17 (3.09-5.58)	7/68 (10.29)	3.15 ±1.98 (1.68-7.31)

Without blood sample.