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Table 2 Prevalence of antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus in wild cervids hunted in 2008–2009 in Finland

From: Serological evidence of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in moose and deer in Finland: sentinels for virus circulation

 

na

n positive

Seroprevalence (%)

95 % confidence interval (Mid-P Exact)

Moose

Male

672

7

1.04

0.46–2.05

Female

512

2

0.39

0.07–1.29

Adult

729

7

0.96

0.42–1.89

Calf

453

2

0.44

0.07–1.45

All

1213

9

0.74

0.36–1.36

White-tailed deer

Male

77

1

1.30

0.07–6.24

Female

57

0

0.00

0.00–5.12

Adult

71

1

1.41

0.07–6.75

Calf

64

0

0.00

0.00–4.57

All

135

1

0.74

0.04–3.60

Roe deer

Male

11

0

0.00

0.00–23.84

Female

6

0

0.00

0.00–39.30

Adult

14

0

0.00

0.00–19.26

Calf

3

0

0.00

0.00–63.16

All

17

0

0.00

0.00–16.16

All

1371

10

0.73

0.37–1.30

  1. aBackground information was unavailable for some of the animals investigated