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Table 4 Percentage positivity of the p2G HAT RDT on cattle sera from the endemic and non-endemic regions (S2)

From: Serological tests for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis detect antibodies in cattle

 

Cases (n = 175)

Endemic controls (n = 137)

Non-endemic controls (n = 121)

% positive (95% CI)

Mean band intensity ± SD (+ve’s)

% positive (95% CI)

Mean band intensity ± SD (+ve’s)

% positive (95% CI)

Mean band intensity (+ve’s)

p2G RDT

89.1 (83.7–92.9) (n = 156)

2.16 ± 0.94

77.4 (69.7–83.6) (n = 106)

1.69 ± 0.86

2.5 (0.8–7.0) (n = 3)

0.67

Band 1 (ISG65)

86.3 (80.4–90.6) (n = 151)

2.83 ± 1.08

70.1 (61.9–77.1) (n = 96)

2.36 ± 1.16

1.7 (0.5–5.8) (n = 2)

1

Band 2 (rLiTat 1.5)

66.9 (59.6–73.4) (n = 117)

2.10 ± 1.05

62.0 (53.7–69.7) (n = 85)

1.54 ± 0.80

0.8 (0–4.5) (n = 1)

2

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
  2. Standard deviation is not shown for the endemic control region owing to the small number of positives