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. 2017 Feb 24;2(2):40–49. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2017.02.002

Table 1.

Prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis in tsetse infested and non-tsetse infested areas of Northwest Ethiopia in October 2011 and 2012.

Parameters Group % Positive in 2011 % Positive in 2012 95%CI b/n years
Parasite detection Positive (tve) TT 17.59 (N = 324)a 25.0 (N = 316)b 0.437 0.939
Positive (tve) NT 3.85 (N = 390)c 5.93 (N = 405)c 0.328 1.228
Parasite species Tc TT 13.27 (N = 324)a 18.67 (N = 316)b 0.421 0.995
Tv TT 3.70 (N = 324)c 5.06 (N = 316)c 0.309 1.436
M TT 0.62 (N = 324)c 1.27 (N = 316)c 0.081 2.445
Tv NT 3.85 (N = 390)c 5.93 (N = 405)c 0.328 1.228
Sex Male tve TT 10.80 (N = 173)a 19.30 (N = 193)b 1.339 3.042
Female tve TT 6.79 (N = 151)a 15.69 (N = 123)b
Male tve NT 2.11 (N = 194)c 2.96 (N = 196)c 0.577 2.091
Female tve NT 1.79 (N = 196)c 2.96 (N = 209)c
Age Young tve TT 1.85 (N = 80)a 7.28 (N = 113)b 1.077 2.674
Adult tve TT 15.74 (N = 244)c 17.72 (N = 203)c
Young tve NT 1.28 (N = 133)a 0.74 (N = 93)a 0.710 3.470
Adult tve NT 2.56 (N = 257)a 5.19 (N = 312)a

Tc-Trypanosoma congolense, Tv-Trypanosoma vivax, M-mixed (Tc and Tv), TT-tsetse infested area, NT-non-tsetse infested area, tve-positive. In each parameter of variables, superscripts with different letters indicate significant differences between values at P < 0.05.