Table 2.
Results of PPRV antibody detection in livestock from communities around natural protected areas in western Uganda (MFNP = Murchison Falls National Park, QENP = Queen Elizabeth National Park, MGNP = Mgahinga Gorilla National Park). The sample prevalence is estimated using specificity and sensitivity of the diagnostic test for domestic species [39].
| 2015 January–February |
2016 June–July |
2017 June–August |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Prev.% (CI 95%) | n | Prev.% (CI 95%) | n | Prev.% (CI 95%) | n | Prev.% (CI 95%) | |
| Goats | ||||||||
| MFNP—Bulisa district | 15 | 0.0 (0.0–20.7) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 15 | 0.0 (0.0–20.7) |
| QENP—Kasese district | 15 | 0.0 (0.0–20.7) | 23 | 0.0 (0.0–14.2) | 160 | 9.6 (5.6–15.6) | 198 | 7.6 (4.3–12.5) |
| QENP—Rubirizi district | 72 | 0.0 (0.0–4.3) | 20 | 4.2 (0.0–24.2) | 0 | NA | 92 | 0.1 (0.0–5.2) |
| MGNP—Kisoro district | 59 | 0.0 (0.0–5.5) | 52 | 1.0 (0.0–9.7) | 139 | 0.0 (0.0–1.8) | 250 | 0.0 (0.0–1.3) |
| Sheep | ||||||||
| MFNP—Bulisa district | 5 | 0.0 (0.0–45.4) | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 5 | 0.0 (0.0–45.4) |
| QENP—Kasese district | 0 | NA | 7 | 29.5 (7.7–67.5) | 20 | 20.3 (7.6–43.4) | 27 | 22.2 (10.3–42.5) |
| QENP—Rubirizi district | 8 | 0.0 (0.0–33.6) | 6 | 0.0 (0.0–40.7) | 0 | NA | 14 | 0.0 (0.0–22.0) |
| MGNP—Kisoro district | 53 | 0.0 (0.0–6.2) | 47 | 3.5 (0.2–14.2) | 107 | 0.0 (0.0–4.4) | 207 | 0.5 (0.0–3.4) |
| Cattle | ||||||||
| MFNP—Bulisa district | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
| QENP—Kasese district | 137 | 2.8 (0.6–7.8) | 60 | 39.9 (27.9–53.5) | 50 | 39.6 (26.6–54.4) | 247 | 19.3 (14.6–25.0) |
| QENP—Rubirizi district | 3 | 0.0 (0.0–60.0) | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 3 | 0.0 (0.0–60.0) |
| MGNP—Kisoro district | 39 | 0.0 (0.0–8.5) | 51 | 3.1 (0.1–13.1) | 146 | 0.0 (0.0–3.0) | 236 | 0.3 (0.0–2.9) |
n = total of animals sampled; Prev. = prevalence; CI = confidence intervalv.