Table 5.
Intensity of S. japonicum infection (GMEPG) in cattle and buffalo by village and bovine type (cattle or buffalo)
| MHT | FEA-SD | qPCR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village | No. MHT positivea | No. positive | GMEPG | 95% CI | No. positive | GMEPG | 95% CI |
| Xiguang | 5 | 4 | 0.38 | 0.06, 2.42 | 14 | 7.18 | 2.75, 18.76 |
| Biaoen | 1 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 3.18 | 2.13, 4.76 |
| Wuyi | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | . | 5 | 15.55 | 1.93, 125.28 |
| Yuewu | 7 | 7 | 2.43 | 1.16, 5.10 | 17 | 10.73 | 5.88, 19.56 |
| Bovine type | |||||||
| Cattle | 9 | 7 | 0.87 | 0.39, 1.34 | 23 | 7.67 | 4.06, 14.49 |
| Buffalo | 5 | 5 | 2.29 | 2.18, 2.42 | 22 | 7.81 | 4.40, 13.86 |
| Total | 14 | 12 | 1.30 | 0.99, 1.59 | 45 | 7.74 | 7.57, 7.91 |
aThe FEA-SD was performed on MHT-positive samples only; two MHT-positive samples were negative by FEA-SD
The final row of each table is in bold to denote that these are total numbers