Table 2 Over all comparison of Toxoplasma Gondii prevalence among rodents of a particular 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

Sampling district

Infected Mus musculus

Uninfected Mus musculus

P value

Infected Rattus rattus

Uninfected Rattus rattus

P value

Infected Rattus norvegicus

Uninfected Rattus norvegicus

P value

Jampur

N = 40

3/34 (10%)

31/34 (90%)

 

2/2 (100%)

0/2 (0%)

 

2/4 (50%)

2/4 (50%)

 

Dera Ghazi Khan

N = 48

–

–

 

1/30 (3%)

29/30 (97%)

 

9/18 (50%)

9/18 (50%)

 

Multan

N = 36

–

–

0.2

1/24 (4%)

23/24 (96%)

P < 0.001***

1/12 (8%)

11/12 (92%)

P < 0.001***

Upper Dir

N = 58

4/16 (25%)

12/16 (75%)

 

6/32 (19%)

26/32 (81%)

 

0/10 (0%)

10/10 (100%)

 

Mardan

N = 34

0/6 (0%)

6/6 (100%)

 

0/18 (0%)

18/18 (100)

 

7/10 (70%)

3/10 (30%)

 

Buner

N = 27

0/8 (0%)

8/8 (100%)

 

5/16 (31%)

11/16 (69%)

 

2/3 (67%)

1/3 (33%)

 
  1. N represents the total rodents captured from a sampling district. % prevalence is given in parenthesis. P-value represents the output of one- way ANOVA test.
  2. P < 0.05 = non significant; P < 0.001 = highly significant (***).
  3. Significant values are given in bold.
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