Table 1.
Rift Valley fever sero-prevalence (on IgM, IgG ELISA tests) in cattle and small ruminants observed during a Yellow Fever outbreak investigation in Agago and Kitgum Districts in the northern region of Uganda (November 2010 to early 2011); aOne goat from Kitgum district tested positive for anti RVFV IgM antibodies
Species | District | positive / total tested (%) | 95% CI |
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Cattle | Agago | 1/37 (2.7) | 0.0–14.2 |
Kitgum | 1/6 (16.7) | 0.4–64.1 | |
Sub Total | 2/43 (4.7) | 0.6–15.8 | |
Small ruminants | Agago | 1/3 (33.3) | 0.8–90.6 |
Kitgum | 2/29 (6.9)a | 0.8–22.8 | |
Sub Total | 3/32 (9.40) | 2.0–25.0 | |
Grand total | Agago | 2/40 (5.0) | 0.6–16.9 |
Kitgum | 3/35 (8.6) | 1.8–23.1 | |
Total | 5/75 (6.7) | 2.2–14.9 |
Caption: The chi-square test with Yates correction is not significant at p > 0.05 when comparing the two districts as well as comparison between cattle and small ruminants