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. 2010 Aug;16(8):1224–1230. doi: 10.3201/eid1608.091864

Table A7. Comparison of apparent prevalence of avian influenza virus in blue-winged and green-winged teal from hunter-harvested waterfowl, Texas mid–Gulf Coast, USA, September–January 2006–07, 2007–08, and 2008–09.

Age/sex
Blue-winged teal

Green-winged teal
No. tested
Real-time RT-PCR*
VI†
No. tested
Real-time RT-PCR*
VI†
Adult 910 11.00 (8.97–13.04) 3.85 (2.60–5.10) 790 6.33 (4.63–8.03) 0.38 (0.08–1.11)
Juvenile 620 15.48 (12.64–18.33) 6.94 (4.94–8.94) 251 7.57 (4.30–10.84) 1.99 (0.26–3.72)
p value

0.010
0.007


0.491
0.011
Hen 772 13.73 (11.30–16.16) 4.40 (2.96–5.85) 548 6.57 (4.50–8.64) 0.91 (0.12–1.71)
Drake 894 11.30 (9.22–13.37) 4.92 (3.50–6.34) 581 7.75 (5.57–9.92) 0.86 (0.11–1.61)
p value 0.133 0.618 0.444 0.926

*RT-PCR, reverse transcription–PCR. Apparent prevalence, % (95% confidence interval).
†VI, virus isolation. Apparent prevalence, % (95% confidence interval). Boldface indicates significance.