Table 2. Animal-level (), herd-level () and within herd () true (model based with 95% highest density intervals) and apparent (with 95% confidence intervals adjusted for study design effects) seroprevalences for cattle in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon to Brucella spp., Leptospira Hardjo and Q fever.
Disease | Parameter | LHDI | UHDI | LCI | UCI | ||
Brucellosis | 0.031 | 0.018 | 0.044 | ||||
0.203 | 0.042 | 0.776 | 0.159 | 0.086 | 0.233 | ||
0.161 | 0.000 | 0.345 | *0.179 | 0.141 | 0.218 | ||
Leptospirosis | 0.304 | 0.276 | 0.332 | ||||
0.945 | 0.871 | 1.000 | 0.933 | 0.894 | 0.972 | ||
+0.760 | 0.685 | 0.836 | |||||
0.357 | 0.116 | 0.577 | *0.334 | 0.304 | 0.364 | ||
Q fever | 0.313 | 0.273 | 0.035 | ||||
0.681 | 0.443 | 1.000 | 0.853 | 0.780 | 0.926 | ||
+0.629 | 0.519 | 0.740 | |||||
0.393 | 0.000 | 0.725 | *0.363 | 0.324 | 0.403 |
*The mean for subpop with 1 or more test positives in herd. + Herd-level seroprevalence estimates using a cut-off of 2 test positive animals.