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Table 7 Provinces' prevalence of both T. vivax and T. evansi by test

From: Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of bovine trypanosomiasis and epidemiological surveillance in Bolivia

 

Thin smears

MHCT

TvPCR

TePCR

CATT

TvELISA

TcELISA

Province

Test prevalence 95% CI

Guarayos

5.16%a

3.57%a

5.98%a

2.39%

60.71%a

76.05%a

56.12%a

95% CI

2.77 – 8.66

1.65 – 6.67

3.08 – 9.18

0.88 – 5.13

54.39 – 66.78

68.84–82.30

48.87 – 63.18

Sara

2.42%ab

1.61%ab

0.42b

2.50%

18.10%b

54.76%b

37.96%b

95% CI

0.89 – 5.19

0.44 – 4.08

0.00 – 2.29

0.92 – 5.34

13.48 – 23.53

45.65–63.64

31.86 – 44.36

Yacuma

0.00%b

0.00%b

4.84%ab

1.61%

-

71.16%a

94.74%c

95% CI

0.0–1.46

0.0 – 1.46

1.80 – 10.23

0.20 – 5.70

 

63.56–77.98

90.78 – 97.34

Velazco

0.00%b

0.00%ab

0.00%

0.00%

-

47.96%b

94.16%c

95% CI

0.00 – 2.42

0.00 – 2.42

0.00 – 7.39

0.00 – 7.39

 

37.76 – 58.29

88.81 – 97.44

  1. a,b,c Values in the same column with unlike superscrip differ significantly (p < 0.05). The statistical analysis was carried out with X2 or Fisher exact tests