Table 2.
Nested PCR detection results of B. bigemina and B. bovis parasites in field blood samples
|
Province |
Total number of samples |
Babesia bigemina |
Babesia bovis |
Mixed infection |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive | Percentage | No. positive | Percentage | No. positive | Percentage | ||
| Mpumalanga |
48 |
32 |
66.7 |
21 |
43.8 |
15 |
31.3 |
| KwaZulu-Natal |
52 |
44 |
84.6 |
33 |
63.5 |
28 |
53.9 |
| Limpopo |
47 |
39 |
83.0 |
11 |
23.4 |
11 |
23.4 |
| North West |
58 |
41 |
70.7 |
38 |
65.5 |
24 |
41.4 |
| Gauteng |
30 |
25 |
83.3 |
19 |
63.3 |
18 |
60.0 |
| Free State |
64 |
56 |
87.5 |
15 |
23.4 |
14 |
21.9 |
| Eastern Cape |
60 |
21 |
35.0 |
7 |
11.7 |
4 |
6.7 |
| Northern Cape |
45 |
2 |
4.4 |
2 |
4.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Western Cape |
26 |
18 |
69.2 |
5 |
19.2 |
3 |
11.5 |
| Total | 430 | 278 | 64.7 | 151 | 35.1 | 117 | 27.2 |