Table 2.
Species | Population estimate in KNPb | Number (n) | ITS1-PCR/NGS |
ITS1-PCR/NGS and SRA-PCR |
Trypanosome prevalence in wildlife species (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. congolense | T. simiae | T. godfreyi | T. theileri | T. b brucei | T. b. rhodesiense | ||||
Hartebeest | 6265 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6.4 | ||||
Sable antelope | 14,314 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1(1)a | 37.5 | |||
Buffalo | 8534 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 5(0)a | 13.2 | |||
Vevert Monkey | N/A | 1 | 1(0)a | 100 | |||||
Warthog | 9143 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11.8 | ||||
Lion | N/A | 4 | 1 | 25 | |||||
Wild dog | N/A | 2 | 1 | 50 | |||||
Impala | 25,847 | 106 | 1 | 2 | 2.8 | ||||
Cheetah | N/A | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Red Lechwe | 12,290 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 |
Numbers between brackets represent the number of heads positive for both ITS-PCR/NGS and SRA-PCR.