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. 2012 Jan 25;12:19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-19

Table 2.

Leptospirosis seroprevalence in the islands of American Samoa 2010

Number of seropositive samples on MAT and Seroprevalence (%)
Island Number Sampled Most common serovars All serovars

Hebdomadis LT 751 LT 1163

n n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI)

Tutuila 721 72 10 (7.9 - 12.4) 31 4.3 (2.9 - 6.0) 25 3.5 (2.3 - 5.1) 117 16.2 (13.6 - 19.1)

Aunu'u 16 0 0 (0 - 20.6) 0 0 (0 - 20.6) 0 0 (0 - 20.6) 0 0 (0 - 20.6)

Ta'u* 45 0 0 (0 - 7.9) 5 11.1 (3.7 - 24.1) 1 2.2 (0.1 - 11.8) 6 13.3 (5.1 - 26.8)

Ofu* 11 0 0 (0 - 28.5) 1 9.1 (0.2 - 41.3) 0 0 (0 - 28.5) 1 9.1 (0.2 - 41.3)

Olosega* 14 0 0 (0 - 23.2) 1 7.1 (1.8 - 33.9) 0 0 (0 - 23.2) 1 7.1 (1.8 - 33.9)

Total 807 72 8.9 (7.0 - 11.1) 38 4.7 (3.4 - 6.4) 26 3.2 (2.1 - 4.7) 125 15.5 (13.1 - 18.2)

*Part of the Manu'a group of islands