Table 1.
Species | Samples (n) | MATa (%, nº positive/nº tested) | IFATa (%, nº positive/nº tested) | Western blot confirmation (%, nº positive/nº sample tested)b |
Seroprevalence (%)c | ||
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MAT | IFAT | ||||||
Carnivores | Golden jackal (Canis aureus) | 189 | 15.3 (29/189) | 2.1 (4/189) | 20 (6/29) | 50 (2/4) | 3.2 (6/189) |
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 75 | 12.0 (9/75) | 1.3 (1/75) | 11.1 (1/9) | 100 (1/1) | 1.3 (1/75) | |
Ruminants | Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) | 49 | 24.4 (12/49) | 0.0 (0/49) | 0.0 (0/12) | – | 0.0 (0/12) |
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) | 60 | 5.0 (3/60) | 0.0 (0/60) | 0.0 8 (0/3) | – | 0.0 (0/3) | |
Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) | 232 | 23.3 (54/232) | 5.17 (12/232) | 24.1 (13/54) | 100 (12/12) | 5.6 (13/232) | |
Mouflon (Ovis orientalis) | 15 | 40 (6/15) | 6.7 (1/15) | 16.7 (1/6) | 100 (1/1) | 6.7 (1/15) | |
Mountain gazelle (Gazella g. gazella) | 123 | 18.7 (26/123) | 2.4 (3/123) | 0.0 (0/26) | 0.0 (0/3) | 0.0 (0/123) | |
Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) | 55 | 65.4 (36/55) | 27.3 (15/55) | 61.1 (22/36) | 100 (15/15) | 40.0 (22/55) | |
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) | 19 | 0.0 (0/19) | 0.0 (0/19) | – | – | 0.0 (0/0) | |
Scimitar horned oryx (Oryx dammah) | 36 | 2.7 (1/36) | 0.0 (0/36) | 0.0 (0/1) | – | 0.0 (0/1) | |
Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) | 18 | 77.8 (14/18) | 72.2 (13/18) | 85.7 (12/14) | 84.6 (11/13) | 66.7 (12/18) | |
Total | 871 | 21.8 (190/871) | 5.9 (52/871) | 18.4 (35/190) | 85.7 (42/49) | 6.3 (55/871) |
Antibody titer equal or higher than 1:200.
Only positive result by either IFAT or MAT were tested by WB.
Number of WB-positive animals/total of sampled animals.