Table 1. The prevalence of C. burnetii in sheep and cattle abortion samples by Real-time PCR in Iran during 2017–2018.
| Sheep Samples | Cattle samples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Samples (N) | No of Positive Samples (%, 95% CI*) | Samples (N) | No of Positive Samples (%, 95% CI*) |
| Tehran | 11 | 6 (54.5, 24.6–81.9) | 37 | 9 (24.3, 12.7–41.5) |
| West-Azarbaijan | 5 | 2 (40.0, 7.3–83.0) | - | - |
| East-Azarbaijan | - | - | 1 | 0 (0.0, 0.0–94.5) |
| Ardabil | 34 | 2 (5.9, 1.0–21.0) | 1 | 0 (0.0, 0.0–94.5) |
| North-Khorasan | 20 | 3 (15.0, 4.0–38.9) | - | - |
| Razavi-Khorasan | 7 | 0 (0.0, 0.0–43.9) | - | - |
| Hamadan | 13 | 5 (38.5, 15.1–67.7) | 1 | 0 (0.0, 0.0–94.5) |
| Alborz | - | - | 6 | 1 (16.7, 0.9–63.5) |
| Mazandaran | 4 | 2 (50.0, 9.2–90.8) | - | - |
| Total | 94 | 20 (21.3, 13.8–31.2) | 46 | 10 (21.7, 11.4–36.8) |
* 95% Confidence Interval