TABLE 3.
Distribution of tick‐borne diseases (TBDs) in wild boars, hunted in Miyazaki Prefecture, by categories of the sampled animals
| Prevalence and median OD value or antibody titre of seropositive samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | SFTSV (OD value, %) | Rj (antibody titre, %) | Ot (antibody titre, %) | |
| Age class | Juvenile (n = 1) | 100.0 (0.51) | 0 (–) | 0 (–) |
| Subadults (n = 30) | 60.0a (0.57) | 43.3 (80) | 46.7 (60) | |
| Adults (n = 61) | 32.8b (0.38) | 21.3 (80) | 29.5 (60) | |
| Sex | Male (n = 37) | 45.9 (0.53) | 27.0 (80) | 27.0 (60) |
| Female (n = 29) | 37.9 (0.57) | 24.1 (80) | 31.0 (80) | |
| Area | A (n = 6) | 33.3 (0.68) | 16.7 (40) | 16.7 (160) |
| B (n = 2) | 0 (–) | 0 (–) | 0 (–) | |
| C (n = 9) | 22.2 (0.57) | 55.6 (80) | 44.4 (60) | |
| D (n = 32) | 59.4 (0.53) | 28.1 (80) | 50.0 (60) | |
| E (n = 56) | 41.1 (0.41) | 28.6 (80) | 25.0 (40) | |
| Total | 43.8 | 29.5 | 33.3 | |
Note: In the association analysis of prevalence and antibody titres, the “juvenile” age class was omitted, as there was only one individual in that class. a–b, p = 0.02455.
Abbreviations: Ot, Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rj, Rickettsia japonica; SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus.