Table. Prevalence rates of samples positive for antibodies against SFTSV NP, Minnesota, USA, 2012*.
Species | No. tested | No. (%) positive† |
---|---|---|
Cattle | 414 | 64 (15.5) |
Goat | 92 | 10 (10.9) |
Sheep | 48 | 6 (12.5) |
White-tailed deer | 296 | 35 (11.8) |
Elk |
39 |
7 (18.0) |
Total | 889 | 122 (13.7) |
*SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; NP, nucleoprotein; samples were tested by ELISA. †A sample with a positive/negative ratio ≥2.1 was considered positive.