Table 1.
Prevalence of camel trypanosomiasis within each variable studied
| Variable | CATT/T. evansi | ITS1-PCR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/n | Prevalence (%) (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | +/n | Prevalence (%) (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | |
| Production system | ||||||||
| Nomadic | 44/49 | 89.8 (77.8–96.6) | 0.0001 (χ2 = 13.9) | 5.6 (2.1–15.2) | 2/49 | 4.1 (0.5–14) | 0.408 (χ2 = 0.45) | 1.8 (0.3–11.4) |
| Dairy | 81/133 | 60.9 (52.1–69.2) | 3/133 | 2.3 (0.5–6.5) | ||||
| District | ||||||||
| Daynile | 62/87 | 71.3 (60.6–80.5) | 0.242 (χ2 = 1.38) | 1.5 (0.8–2.9) | 2/87 | 2.3 (0.3–8.1) | 0.502 (χ2 = 0.45) | 0.5 (0.09–3.33) |
| Yaqshid | 18/23 | 78.3 (56.3–92.5) | 0.164 (χ2 = 1.94) | 2.2 (0.7–6.5) | 0/23 | 0.0 (0.0–14.8) | 0.989 (χ2 = 0.32) | 0.0 |
| Kahda | 45/72 | 62.5 (50.3–73.6) | 3/72 | 4.2 (0.9–8.8) | ||||
Abbreviations: +, number of positive animals; n, number of samples; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio