Table 2.
Prevalence of Trypanosoma spp. in cattle, goats and sheep from Afgoye and Jowhar districts, Somalia
| Variable | BCT | ITS1-PCR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/n | Prevalence (%) (95% CI) |
P value | OR (95% CI) | +/n | Prevalence (%) (95% CI) |
P value | OR (95% CI) | |
| Afgoye | ||||||||
| Cattle | 10/100 | 10 (4.9–17.6) | 0.089 (χ2 = 2.9) | 2.7 (0.8–8.9) | 35/100 | 35 (25.7–45.2) | <0.001 (χ2 = 18.5) | 4.9 (2.3–10.7) |
| Goat | 2/102 | 1.9 (0.24–6.9) | 0.407 (χ2 = 0.7) | 0.5 (0.1–2.7) | 14/102 | 13.7 (7.7–21.9) | 0.385 (χ2 = 0.8) | 1.5 (0.6–3.5) |
| Sheep | 4/102 | 3.9 (1.1–9.7) | 10/102 | 9.8 (4.8–17.3) | ||||
| Jowhar | ||||||||
| Cattle | 4/102 | 3.9 (1.1–9.7) | 0.041 (χ2 = 4.2) | 0.0 | 13/102 | 12.7 (6.9–20.8) | 0.145 (χ2 = 2.1) | 2 (0.8–5.3) |
| Goat | 1/104 | 0.9 (0.02–5.2) | 0.318 (χ2 = 1.0) | 0.0 | 22/104 | 21.2 (13.8–30.3) | 0.003 (χ2 = 9) | 3.7 (1.5–9.1) |
| Sheep | 0/104 | 0.0 (0.0–3.5) | 7/104 | 6.7 (2.7–13.4) | ||||
| Species | ||||||||
| Cattle | 14/202 | 6.9 (3.8–11.4) | 0.014 (χ2 = 6.0) | 3.8 (1.2–11.6) | 48/202 | 23.8 (18.4–30.1) | <0.001 (χ2 = 18.3) | 3.5 (1.9–6.3) |
| Goat | 3/206 | 1.5 (0.3–4.2) | 0.703 (χ2 = 0.15) | 0.7 (0.2–3.4) | 36/206 | 17.5 (12.9–23.3) | 0.005 (χ2 = 7.8) | 2.4 (1.3–4.3) |
| Sheep | 4/206 | 1.9 (0.5–4.9) | 17/206 | 8.3 (5.1–12.9) | ||||
| District | ||||||||
| Afgoye | 16/304 | 5.3 (3.0–8.4) | 0.013 (χ2 = 6.2) | 3.4 (1.2–9.4) | 59/304 | 19.4 (15.3–24.2) | 0.005 (χ2 = 3.8) | 1.5 (0.9–2.4) |
| Jowhar | 5/310 | 1.6 (0.5–3.7) | 42/310 | 13.6 (10.2–17.8) | ||||
+, number of positive animals; n, number of samples; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.