Table 1 Over all comparison of Toxoplasma Gondii prevalence among the four rodent species captured from six sampling districts during present investigation.

From: Toxoplasma gondii infection affects the complete blood count and disturbs the markers of oxidative stress from the vital organs of wild rodents

Rodent species

Toxoplasma gondii positive (%)

Toxoplasma gondii negative (%)

Chi square value

P value

Mus musculus

7/64 (10.9%)

57/64 (89.1%)

  

Rattus rattus

15/122 (12.3%)

107/122 (87.7%)

  

Rattus norvegicus

21/57 (36.8%)

36/57 (63.2%)

24.432

P < 0.001***

Dryomys nitedula

1/1 (100%)

0/1 (0%)

  

Total

44/244 (18%)

202/244 (82%)

  
  1. P < 0.001 = Highly significant (***).
  2. % prevalence is given in parenthesis. P- value represents the output of Chi square test.
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