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Table 1 Results of multiple PCRs on zebu cattle blood samples

From: Constraints to estimating the prevalence of trypanosome infections in East African zebu cattle

Sample No.

T. theileri

T. brucei

T. congolense

T. vivax

Negative

1

12

0

0

0

80

2

2

0

0

0

101

3

6

3

7

0

85

4

1

1

0

0

98

5

0

0

0

0

109

6

2

2

4

2

88

7

4

0

0

0

100

8

8

7

4

0

91

9

8

0

0

13

83

10

7

0

2

0

92

11

3

0

0

1

106

12

10

2

0

3

87

13

0

0

0

0

110

14

2

1

3

0

100

15

21

10

6

0

65

16

6

0

3

0

96

17

12

0

0

0

90

18

1

0

1

0

98

19

3

0

3

2

94

20

3

0

0

0

100

21

19

0

0

0

85

22

18

1

2

0

78

23

0

0

0

0

102

24

0

0

0

0

107

25

3

0

3

0

95

26

4

1

2

0

101

27

0

0

0

0

98

28

4

0

0

0

97

29

1

1

0

0

100

30

1

0

3

3

95

31

1

1

0

1

100

32

15

0

0

0

99

33

2

0

0

0

100

34

9

3

14

14

73

35

2

0

1

0

99

Negative control

0

0

0

0

107

Positive control

0

45

0

0

101

  1. Results obtained from multiple PCR of thirty five blood samples from zebu cattle. The frequency of positive results for T. theileri, T. brucei, T. congolense, T. vivax and of negative results is recorded in columns 2 to 6 respectively.