Table 2.
Prevalence of enteric viral infections in both healthy and diarrheic stool samples from five EU countries. The number of positive samples is given followed by percentage in parentheses.
| Country | Status | No. of samples (farms) | PAstV4 | GARV | GCRV | PCV2a | PKoVa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Healthy | 87 (1) | 87 (100%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | 83 (95.4%) | 5/10 (50%) |
| Diarrhea | 49 (1) | 49 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 39 (79.6%)** | 7/16 (43.8%) | |
| Germany | Healthy | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhea | 44 (3) | 17 (38.6%) | 0 | 6 (13.6%) | 5 (11.4%) | 24 (54.5%) | |
| Hungary | Healthy | 13 (1) | 13 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6/11 (54.5%) |
| Diarrhea | 37 (4) | 29 (78.4%) | 4 (10.8%) | 0 | 2 (5.4%) | 24/26 (92.3%)* | |
| Spain | Healthy | 40 (8) | 40 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 28 (70%) | 19 (47.5%) |
| Diarrhea | 43 (18) | 43 (100%) | 0 | 6 (13.95%) | 16 (37%)** | 32 (74.4%)* | |
| Sweden | Healthy | 63 (8) | 7 (11.1%) | 0 | 0 | 3/62 (4.8%) | 31/51 (60.8%) |
| Diarrhea | 43 (6) | 10 (23.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0/42 | 5/29 (17.4%)** | |
| Summary | Healthy | 203 | 72.4% | 0 | 0.5% | 56.4% | 54.5% (61/112) |
| Diarrheab | 216 | 68.5% | 1.8% | 6.0% | 28.8% | 58.2% (92/158) | |
| Total | – | 419 | 70.4% | 0.9% | 3% | 42.2% (176/417) | 56.7% (153/270) |
a
When partial samples were tested, the numbers of positive and the tested are given as “positive/tested” followed by percentage in parentheses.
b
After excluding the German diarrheic samples, the summary prevalence in diarrheic samples is 76.1% (PAstV4), 2.3% (GARV), 3.5% (GCRV), 33.3% (PCV2), and 57.1% (PKoV).
*
Indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) in the proportion test.
**
Indicates significant difference at p < 0.01 in the proportion test.