Table 2 Leishmania DNA detection in blood samples from different lizard species
From: Pathogenic Leishmania spp. detected in lizards from Northwest China using molecular methods
Lizard species | Number of lizards | Number of positive lizards | Prevalence | 95% CI | Number of positive lizards (Infected by) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LS | LD | LT | LS + LD | LS + LT | LT + LD | LT + LS + LD | LTR + LS + LD | |||||
Phrynocephalus melalurus | 27 | 21 | 77.78% | 62.10–93.46% | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – | 1 |
Eremias velox | 34 | 16 | 47.06% | 30.28–63.84% | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
Eremias arguta | 36 | 20 | 55.56% | 39.33–71.79% | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Lacerta agilis | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | −13.15–46.49% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Trapelus sanguinolentus | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | −4.39–71.05% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Eremias grammica | 9 | 3 | 33.33% | 2.53%-–64.13% | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
Phrynocephalus alpherakii | 11 | 10 | 90.91% | 73.92–107.90% | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
Eremias multiocellata | 22 | 10 | 45.45% | 24.64–66.26% | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Phrynocephalus grumgrzimailoi | 47 | 13 | 27.66% | 14.87–40.45% | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Phrynocephalus versicolor | 83 | 62 | 72.29% | 62.66–81.92% | 31 | 53 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | – |
Eremias vermiculata | 15 | 10 | 66.67% | 42.81–90.53% | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
Phrynocephalus axillaris | 12 | 10 | 83.33% | 62.24–104.42% | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
Phrynocephalus vlangalii | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | 28.95–96.05% | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
Total | 316 | 183 | 57.91% | 52.47–63.35% | 92 | 145 | 22 | 57 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 |