Table 1. Name of peri-urban areas, dates of blood sample collection and nested PCR results obtained with Group I primers.
| Name of the area | Date of collection | Total number of samples |
Babesia bovis |
Babesia bigemina |
Mixed infectiona) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nb) | Percentage | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | |||
| Hammanskraal | December 2009 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 (± 42.43)c) | 4 | 100.0 (± 0.0) | 1 | 25.0 (± 42.43) |
| Bronkhorstspruit | December 2009 | 30d) | 19 | 63.3 (± 17.25) | 25 | 83.3 (± 13.35) | 18 | 60.0 (± 17.53) |
| Sharpeville | February 2010 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 (± 20.77) | 18 | 85.7 (± 14.97) | 8 | 38.1 (± 20.77) |
| Devon | February 2010 | 19 | 5 | 26.3 (± 19.8) | 15 | 79.0 (± 18.31) | 5 | 26.3 (± 19.8) |
| Eikenhof | March 2010 | 19 | 3 | 15.8 (± 16.4) | 8 | 42.1 (± 22.2) | 1 | 5.3 (± 10.07) |
| Zevenfontein | March 2010 | 30 | 11 | 36.7 (± 17.25) | 24 | 80.0 (± 14.31) | 9 | 30.0 (± 16.4) |
| Rietvallei | May 2010 | 17 | 5 | 29.4 (± 21.66) | 14 | 82.4 (± 18.1) | 4 | 23.5 (± 20.16) |
| Carltonville | May 2010 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 (± 26.45) | 11 | 84.6 (± 19.62) | 7 | 53.9 (± 27.1) |
| Khutsong South | May 2010 | 16 | 6 | 37.5 (± 23.72) | 15 | 93.8 (± 11.82) | 6 | 37.5 (± 23.72) |
| Libanon | May 2010 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 (± 21.91) | 16 | 80.0 (± 17.53) | 9 | 45.0 (± 21.8) |
| Rietfontein | May 2010 | 22 | 5 | 22.7 (± 17.5) | 14 | 63.6 (± 20.11) | 3 | 13.6 (± 14.32) |
| Wheatland | May 2010 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 (± 21.91) | 12 | 60.0 (± 21.47) | 5 | 10.0 (± 13.15) |
| Rikasrus | May 2010 | 19 | 1 | 5.3 (± 10.07) | 16 | 84.2 (± 16.4) | 1 | 5.3 (± 10.07) |
| Magaliesberg | May 2010 | 18 | 3 | 16.7 (± 17.23) | 12 | 66.7 (± 21.77) | 3 | 16.7 (± 17.23) |
| Total | 268 | 95 | 35.5 (± 5.73) | 204 | 76.1 (± 5.11) | 80 | 29.9 (± 5.48) | |
a) Animals infected with both B. bovis and B. bigemina parasites. b) n=total number of samples positive to B. bovis and B. bigemina. c) 95% confidence intervals. d) Data were taken from a recent study [20].