Table 1.
Primer information used for PCR analysis.
Table 2.
Number of rodents captured by province.
Table 3.
Association between each pathogen and the sex of the captured rodents.
Fig 1.
Maps showing the regions where rodent-borne pathogens were detected in the Republic of Korea.
The word symbol is indicated differently according to each pathogen. Maps were created using NGII [https://www.data.go.kr/data/15062309/fileData.do] and are Korea Open Government License Type 1, which can be freely used without any permission.
Table 4.
Number of positive samples in which pathogens were identified in captured rodents according to each province.
Table 5.
Co-infections of two or three pathogens detected in captured rodents.
Fig 2.
Phylogenetic tree inferred by maximum-likelihood analysis using the K2 + G model of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
The numbers at the nodes are bootstrap values expressed as a percentage of 1,000 replicates. The scale bar indicates nucleotide substitution per site. Samples sequenced from Apodemus agrarius are shown in filled circles.
Fig 3.
Phylogenetic analysis based on the ITS region of Bartonella spp. (maximum-likelihood analysis using the Tamura 3-parameter + G + I model with 1,000 replicates).
The scale bar indicates nucleotide substitution per site. Sequences determined from A. agrarius are indicated in filled circles.
Fig 4.
Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree using the Tamura-Nei model based on the ospA gene of Borrelia spp. Bootstrap values were calculated with 1,000 replicates of the alignment.
The scale bar indicates nucleotide substitution per site. Sequences obtained from A. agrarius are symbolized in filled circles.
Fig 5.
Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree from the IS1111 gene of Coxiella burnetii.
The evolutionary analysis was inferred using the Kimura 2-parameter model. Bootstrap values (1,000 replicates) are indicated in each node. The scale bar indicates nucleotide substitution per site. Sequences determined from A. agrarius are highlighted in filled circles.
Fig 6.
Phylogenetic analysis based on the rpoB gene of Leptospira interrogans.
The tree was inferred in MEGA X using maximum-likelihood and Kimura 2-parameter with 1,000 replicates. The scale bar implies nucleotide substitution per site. The box of dash lines indicates L. interrogans. Sequences obtained from A. agrarius are shown in filled circles.
Fig 7.
Phylogenetic tree of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus based on the analysis of partial sequences of small segments.
Maximum-likelihood analysis was used to construct the Kimura 2-parameter model (1,000 bootstrap replicates). The scale bar implies nucleotide substitution per site. Sequences identified from A. agrarius are indicated in filled circles.