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. 2015 Mar;21(3):464–467. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141119

Table 1. Estimated prevalence of Mycobacterium caprae in red deer (Cervus elaphus), Alpine region, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12 hunting seasons.

Study area No. animals No. M. caprae positive Estimated prevalence (95% CI), %
Austria, total 590 55
Tyrol
Lechtal I 173 40 23.1 (17.0–30.2)
Lechtal Mitte 98 7 7.1 (2.9–14.2)
Lechtal II 15 1 6.7 (0.1–32.0)
Tannheimertal 32 0 0 (0.0–9.0)
Schwarzwasser 38 0 0 (0.0–7.6)
Vorarlberg
Region 1 50 0 0 (0.0–5.9)
Region 2 61 1 1.6 (0.0–8.8)
Region 3 47 6 12.8 (4.8–25.8)
Region 4 41 0 0 (0.0–7.1)
Region 5
35
0
0 (0.0–8.3)
Switzerland, total 273 0
Grisons 88 0 0 (0.0–3.4)
St. Gall 48 0 0 (0.0–6.1)
Tessin 89 0 0 (0.0–3.4)
Liechtenstein
48
0
0 (0.0–6.1)
Italy, total 514 1
Bergamo/Brescia 77 1 1.3 (0.0–7.1)
Bolzano
East 23 0 0 (0.0–12.3)
North 29 0 0 (0.0–9.9)
South 10 0 0 (0.0–25.9)
West 60 0 0 (0.0–4.9)
Como/Lecco 61 0 0 (0.0–4.8)
Sondrio 95 0 0 (0.0–3.2)
Trento
East 41 0 0 (0.0–7.1)
West 53 0 0 (0.0–5.5)
Varese
65
0
0 (0.0–4.6)
Germany, total 278 3
Region 1 187 1 0.5 (0.0–3.0)
Region 2 91 2 2.2 (0.2–7.8)