Serological evidence of Rift Valley fever virus infection among domestic ruminant herds in Uganda

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 3 Rift Valley Fever sero-prevalence (on IgG ELISA test. Showing ‘positive / total tested (%)’) among cattle and small ruminants from five districts (Kabale, Kanungu, Kasese, Kisoro and Rubirizi) in south-western Uganda (2016)

District	Cattle		Goats		Sheep		Total
	n/N (%)	95% CI	n/N (%)	95% CI	n/N (%)	95% CI	n/N (%)	95% CI
Kabale	66/280 (23.6)^a	18.7–29.0	13/190 (6.8)	3.7–11.4	4/50 (8.0)	2.2–19.2	83/520 (16.0)	12.9–19.4
Kanungu	3/112 (2.7)	0.6–7.6	1/81 (1.2)	0.0–6.7	0/0 (0.0)	–	4/193 (2.1)	0.6–5.2
Kasese	1/69 (1.4)	0.0–7.8	0/60 (0/0)	–	0/1 (0.0)	–	1/130 (0.8)	0.0–4.2
Kisoro	17/67 (25.4)	15.5–37.5	4/52 (7.7)	2.1–18.5	0/20 (0.0)	–	21/139 (15.1)	9.6–22.2
Rubirizi	4/74 (5.4)	1.5–13.3	0/71 (0.0)	–	0/5 (0/0)	–	4/148 (2.7)	0.7–6.8
Total	91/600 (15.2)	12.4–18.3	18/454 (4.0)	2.4–6.2	4/76 (5.3)	1.5–12.9	113/1130 (10.0)	8.3–11.9

Legend: ^apositive / Total tested (percent sero-prevalence)
Caption. The chi-square with Yates correction, cattle to goat: Chi-square = 34.9763. p < 0.00001. Highly significant at p < 0.01; Cattle to sheep: Chi-square = 5.4776. p-value = 0.019262. Significant at p < 0.05.; Cattle to goat + sheep: Chi-square = 37.943. p < 0.00001. Highly significant at p < 0.01; Goat to sheep: not significant p > 0.6; Comparison of districts close to Rwanda andthose further away (in this case Kabale, versus Rubirizi) in the south western region: Chi-square = 27.5106. p < .00001. Highly Significant at p < 0.01.)

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