TABLE 3.
Seroprevalence of zoonoses in Cree communities
| Waswanipi/Whapmagoostui 2009 | Chisasibi/Waskaganish 2008 | Eastmain/Wemindji 2007 | Mistissini* 2005 (n=50) | ||||
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| Waswanipi (n=91) | Whapmagoostui (n=89) | Chisasibi (n=166) | Waskaganish (n=101) | Eastmain (n=111) | Wemindji (n=140) | ||
| Coxiella burnetii | 0 (0–4.0) | 0 (0–4.1) | 6 (2.5–10.2) | 2 (0.2–7.0) | 1 (0.02–4.9) | 2 (0.5–6.2) | 18 (8.6–31.4) |
| Leptospira species | 10 (4.6–18.0) | 19 (13.4–31.3) | 27 (20.2–34.3) | 16 (9.4–24.7) | 21 (13.6–29.5) | 25 (18.2–33.2) | 14 (5.8–26.7) |
| Francisella tularensis | 24 (15.8–34.3) | 37 (27.1–48.0) | 16 (10.6–22.4) | 22 (14.3–31.4) | 20 (12.9–28.5) | 14 (9.1–21.5) | 26 (16.0–43.5) |
| Echinococcus granulosus | 4 (1.2–10.9) | 3 (0.7–9.5) | 1 (0.02–3.4) | 1 (0.0–5.4) | 4 (1.5–10.2) | 3 (0.8–7.2) | 0 (0–0.7.1) |
| Toxocara canis | 6 (1.8–12.4) | 0 (0–4.1) | 1 (0.02–3.4) | 10 (4.9–17.5) | 5 (2.0–11.4) | 1 (0.2–5.1) | 4 (0.5–13.7) |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 12 (6.2–20.6) | 12 (6.3–21.0) | 12 (7.7–18.3) | 4 (1.1–9.9) | 5 (2.0–11.4) | 5 (2.0–10.0) | 10 (3.3–21.8) |
| Trichinella species | 0 (0–4.0) | 1 (0.03–6.1) | 0 (0–2.2) | 0 (0–3.6) | 0 (0–3.3) | 1 (0.2–5.1) | 0 (0–7.1) |
| California serogroup† | 65 (54.1–74.6) | 44 (33.7–55.3) | 17 (11.1–23.0) | 29 (20.2–38.6) | 10 (5.1–17.0) | 9 (5.0–15.4) | – |
| JC virus | 19 (11.3–28.2) | 24 (15.4–34.1) | 13 (8.6–19.6) | 23 (15.0–32.2) | 10 (3.8–14.8) | 9 (4.5–14.5) | – |
| SSH virus | 42 (31.5–52.6) | 14 (7.3–22.6) | 3 (1.0–7.0) | 6 (2.2–12.5) | 3 (0.2–6.4) | 1 (0.2–5.1) | – |
| Sin Nombre virus | – | – | – | – | 0 (0–3.3) | 0 (0–2.6) | 0 (0–7.1) |
| Zoonosis‡ | 82 (73.0–89.6) | 75 (65.0–83.8) | 51 (45.4–60.7) | 60 (55.6–74.4) | 50 (40.8–60.1) | 42 (34.1–51.1) | 46 (31.4–60.8) |
Data presented as % zoonoses (95% CI).
*
Sample of hunters and their wives;
†
Serology tested for snowshoe hare (SSH) and Jamestown Canyon (JC) viruses;
‡
Results positive for at least one of the pathogens tested