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Table 3 Detection of FMDV RNA and antibodies against FMDV in buffalo from selected wildlife ecosystems in Kenya

From: Characterisation of recent foot-and-mouth disease viruses from African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle in Kenya is consistent with independent virus populations

   

No. of samples positive among the 3 ecosystems per test

     

LPBE per serotype (titres ≥90)

d VNT per serotype

 

Ecosystem

Total no. sampled

Sampling period in 2012

Real time 3D RT-qPCR

NS ELISA

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

SAT 1 only

SAT 2 only

e SAT 1 & SAT 2

a MME

40

Feb.

22

36

16

10

5

15

34

12

11

18

8

b ME

29

March

6

17

25

16

3

10

16

19

4

14

3

c TSE

33

Aug.

15

12

29

27

11

32

24

19

29

21

19

Total

102

 

43

65

70

53

19

57

74

50

44

53

30

  1. aMaasai-Mara Ecosystem; bMeru Ecosystem; cTsavo Ecosystem; dVNT assay did not detect any antibodies against FMDV serotypes O, A, C and SAT 3. ePositive for both SAT 1 and SAT 2.