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Table 3 Number and percentage (%) of positive samples in the different diagnostic tests. Data are arranged according to district, breed, gender and age group. GST = Giemsa stained thin smear, FGT = formol gel test, TL = immune trypanolysis, CATT = CATT/T. evansi, ELISA = ELISA/VSG RoTat 1.2, pos = positive, neg = negative

From: Parasitological, serological and molecular survey of Trypanosoma evansi infection in dromedary camels from Cholistan Desert, Pakistan

   

GST

FGT

CATT

ELISA

TL

TBR1/2

RoTat1.2

  

Total

pos (%)

pos (%)

pos (%)

Pos (%)

pos (%)

pos (%)

pos (%)

District

Bahawalpur

420

7 (1.1)

259 (61.7)

224 (53.3)

210 (50.0)

205 (48.8)

95 (22.6)

94 (22.4)

 

Bahawalnagar

399

0 (0.0)

144 (36.1)

202 (50.6)

156 (39.1)

13 7(34.3)

155(38.9)

152 (38.1)

 

Rahim Yar Khan

186

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

53 (28.5)

78 (41.9)

59 (31.7)

68 (36.6)

58 (31.2)

Breed

Brella

420

3 (0.7)

245 (58.3)

201 (47.9)

171 (40.7)

166 (39.5)

119 (28.30)

118 (28.1)

 

Mareecha

585

4 (0.7)

158 (27.0)

307 (52.5)

273 (46.7)

235 (40.2)

199 (34.0)

186 (31.8)

Gender

Male

440

1 (0.2)

105 (23.9)

196 (44.5)

200 (45.5)

153 (34.8)

164 (37.3)

155 (35.2)

 

Female

565

6 (1.1)

298 (52.7)

283 (50.1)

244 (43.2)

248 (43.9)

154 (27.3)

149 (26.4)

Age

Adult

659

7 (1.1)

302 (45.8)

328 (49.8)

295 (44.8)

267 (40.5)

214 (32.5)

208 (31.6)

 

Young

187

0 (0.0)

64 (34.0)

90 (48.1)

82 (43.9)

70 (37.4)

53 (28.3)

49 (26.2)

 

Calf

159

0 (0.0)

37 (23.3)

61 (36.4)

67 (42.1)

64 (40.1)

51 (32.1)

47 (29.6)

Total

 

1005

7 (0.7)

403 (40.1)

479 (47.7)

444 (44.2)

401 (39.9)

321 (31.9)

307 (30.5)