Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Small Mammals and Infesting Ticks in Laikipia County, Kenya

Table 1

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in small rodent mammals in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Animal species	Common name	Tested (n)	A. phagocytophilum positivity, n (%)
Acomys kempi	Kemp’s spiny mouse	44	6 (13.6)
Acomys percivali	Percival’s spiny mouse	34	0 (0.00)
Aethomys hindei	Hinde’s rock rat	32	2 (6.3)
Arvicanthis niloticus	The African grass rat	16	3 (18.8)
Crocidura allex	The East African highland shrew	7	0 (0)
Dendromus insignis	African climbing mouse	4	0 (0)
Elephantulus rufescens	Elephant shrew	2	0 (0)
Gerbilliscus robustus	Fringe-tailed gerbil	34	0 (0)
Grammomys dolichurus	Woodland thicket rat	3	0 (0)
Helogale parvula	The common dwarf mongoose	2	1 (50.0)
Ichneumia albicauda	The white-tailed mongoose	7	0 (0)
Lemniscomys striatus	Typical striped grass mouse	11	0 (0)
Mastomys natalensis	The common African rat	57	2 (3.5)
Mus spp.	Mice	58	1 (1.7)
Myomyscus brockmani	Brockman’s rock mouse	5	0 (0)
Rattus rattus	Black rat	6	0 (0)
Saccostomus mearnsi	Mearns’s pouched mouse	55	4 (7.3)
Xerus erythropus	The striped ground squirrel	8	0 (0)
Total		385	19