Table 1 Microneutralisation-based seroprevalence rates for Toscana, Punique and Sicilian viruses on 312 sera collected from guard dogs in Tunisia
Tested sera | Cytotoxic for Vero cells | Toscana virus n (%) | Punique virus n (%) | Sicilian virus n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kairouan, n = 194 | 47 | 11 (7.5%) | 64 (43.5%) | 56 (38.1%) |
Distribution of VNT titres neg/20/40/80/160 | 136/6/5/0/0 | 83/2/8/11/43 | 91/4/24/23/5 | |
Bizerte, n = 118 | 91 | 0 | 2 (7.4%) | 16 (59.2%) |
Distribution of VNT titres neg/20/40/80/160 | 0 | 25/0/0/1/1 | 11/0/10/6/0 |