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Table 3 Seroprevalence of TBEV-specific IgG antibodies in seropositive goat flocks collected between October 2011 and March 2012 in the canton of Valais

From: Goats as sentinel hosts for the detection of tick-borne encephalitis risk areas in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland

District

Municipality of flock

Total # of sera

SNT-positive sera

SNT Sero-prev (%)

Canton of origin

Municipality of origin

TBEV-endemic areaa

Brig

Glis

13

9

69.23

Valais

Glis

No

Lucerne

Büron

Yes

Mund

62

2

3.23

Bern

Zweisimmen

No

Valais

Ausserberg

No

Naters

30

6

20.00

Valais

Naters

No

Valais

Glis

No

25

1

4.00

Valais

Naters

No

Ried-Brig

8

1

12.50

St-Gall

Salez

No

Termen

6

1

16.67

Valais

Naters

No

Total

 

144

20

20.94

   

Goms

Reckingen

99

5

5.05

 

Oberwil im Simmental

Yes

Oensingen

Yes

Bettlach

No

Total

 

99

5

5.05

   

Hérens

Euseigne

51

1

1.96

 

Euseigne

No

Total

 

51

1

1.96

   

Leuk

Ergisch

6

1

16.67

 

Ergisch

No

Niedergampel

10

1

10.00

 

Niedergampel

No

Susten

5

1

20.00

 

Niedergampel

No

Susten

16

6

37.50

 

St-Niklaus

No

Susten

No

Turtmann

No

Susten

12

10

83.33

 

Gonten

No

Stalden

No

Susten

No

Turtmann

2

1

50.00

 

Susten

No

Total

 

51

20

36.25

   

Monthey

Collombey

37

1

2.70

 

Bex

No

Total

 

37

1

2.70

   

St-Maurice

Finhaut

26

7

26.92

 

Finhaut

No

Total

 

26

7

26.92

   

Visp

Eisten

9

1

11.11

 

Eisten

No

Saas-Grund

9

3

33.33

 

Blumenstein

Yes

Saas-Grund

No

St-Niklaus

3

1

33.33

 

St-Niklaus

No

22

0

0.00

   

20

0

0.00

   

Staldenried

24

3

12.50

 

Stalden

No

Visp

52

3

5.77

 

Glis

No

Visp

No

Visp

6

3

50.00

 

Unknown

 

Visperterminen

36

1

2.78

 

Visperterminen

No

38

1

2.63

 

Visperterminen

No

Total

 

219

16

15.15

   

TOTAL

 

627

70

11.16

   
  1. aZones where TBE vaccination is recommended by the Federal Office of Public Health
  2. For each seropositive goat flock, the following information is given: the district and the municipality where the flock is located, the total number of sera tested, the number of SNT-positive sera, the SNT seroprevalence (%), the canton and municipality from which the goats were originally obtained, and whether the site of origin was a TBEV-endemic area