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. 2022 Nov 7;11(11):1308. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11111308

Table 4.

Prevalence (including 95% confidence interval) of L. infantum real-rime PCR positive species along the weather seasons.

Season
Order Species Spring Summer Autumn Winter
N° Positive
(n° Tested)
Prevalence 95% CI N° Positive
(n° Tested)
Prevalence 95% CI N° Positive
(n° Tested)
Prevalence 95% CI N° Positive
(n° Tested)
Prevalence 95% CI
Artiodactyla Red deer 1 (6) 16.7 (0.4–64.1) 0 (5) 0 (0–52.2)
Roe deer 1 (75) 1.3 (0–7.2) 6 (53) 11.3 (4.3–23) 13 (64) 20.3 (11.3–32.2) 18 (117) 15.4 (9.4–23.2)
Wild boar 1 (10) 10 (0.3–44.5) 0 (21) 0 (0–16.1) 3 (77) 3.9 (0.8–11) 4 (56) 7.1 (2–17.3)
Carnivora European badger 1 (6) 16.7 (0.4–64.1) 0 (10) 0 (0–30.8) 0 (21) 0 (0–16.1) 0 (22) 0 (0–15.4)
Red fox 0 (4) 0 (0–60.2) 5 (157) 3.2 (1–7.3) 4 (64) 6.3 (1.7–15.2) 4 (94) 4.3 (1.2–10.5)
Wolf 0 (1) 0 (0–97.5) 0 (6) 0 (0–45.9) 3 (11) 27.3 (6–61)
Lagomorpha European hare 0 (7) 0 (0–41) 0 (4) 0 (0–60.2) 1 (16) 6.3 (0.2–30.2) 5 (12) 41.7 (15.2–72.3)
Porcupine 0 (8) 0 (0–36.9) 0 (13) 0 (0–24.7) 0 (17) 0 (0–19.5) 1 (16) 6.3 (0.2–30.2)
All species 3 (113) 2.7 (0.6–7.6) 11 (288) 3.8 (1.9–6.7) 22 (329) 6.7 (4.2–10.0) 35 (347) 10.1 (7.1–13.8)

CI: confidence interval.