Table 2.
Trypanosome infections according to HAT foci.
| HAT foci | Villages | NE | RDT+ (%) | T+ (%) | PCR results |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB+ (%) | TBG+ (%) | |||||
| Mandoul | 41 | 268 | 51 (19.0) | 20 (7.5) | 43 (16.0) | 12 (4.5) |
| Maro | 31 | 232 | 44 (19.0) | 22 (9.5) | 51 (22.0) | 4 (1.7) |
| Moissala | 41 | 169 | 35 (20.7) | 18 (10.7) | 56 (33.1) | 2 (1.2) |
| Total | 113 | 669 | 130 (19.4) | 60 (9.0) | 150 (22.4) | 18 (2.7) |
| χ2 | – | – | 3.23 | 1.41 | 17.44 | 5.39 |
| p-value | – | – | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.0001 | 0.07 |
HAT: Human African Trypanosomiasis; NE: Number of animals examined; RDT: Rapid diagnosis test; T+: trypanosome infections revealed by capillary tube centrifugation; TB+: trypanosomes of the subgenus Trypanozoon: TBG: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.