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Table 2 Single and mixed infections of TBPs in yaks and Tibetan sheep on the QTP

From: Molecular detection of Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. in yaks (Bos grunniens) and Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

TBPs

Prevalence (%) of TBPs

Yaks

Tibetan sheep

Total

Guoluo

Yushu

Total

Guoluo

Yushu

Total

Guoluo

Yushu

Total

(n = 210)

(n = 215)

(n = 425)

(n = 183)

(n = 126)

(n = 309)

(n = 393)

(n = 341)

(n = 734)

Anaplasma ovis (A. o.)

0

0

0

1 (0.5)

13 (10.3)

14 (4.5)

1 (0.3)

13 (3.8)

14 (1.9)

Anaplasma bovis (A. b)

13 (6.2)

14 (6.5)

27 (6.4)

3 (1.6)

0

3 (1.0)

16 (4.1)

14 (4.1)

30 (4.1)

Anaplasma capra (A. c.)

0

0

0

7 (3.8)

7 (5.6)

14 (4.5)

7 (1.8)

7 (2.1)

14 (1.9)

Anaplasma phagocytophilum (A. p.)

0

0

0

1 (0.5)

28 (22.2)

29 (9.4)

1 (0.3)

28 (8.2)

29 (4.0)

Babesia bovis (B. bo.)

5 (2.4)

14 (6.5)

19 (4.5)

0

0

0

5 (1.3)

14 (4.1)

19 (2.6)

Theileria spp. (T.)

6 (2.9)

7 (3.3)

13 (3.1)

5 (2.7)

2 (1.6)

7 (2.3)

11 (2.8)

9 (2.6)

20 (2.7)

A. o. + A. b.

0

0

0

4 (2.2)

0

4 (1.3)

4 (1.0)

0

4 (0.5)

A. o. + A. c.

0

0

0

13 (7.1)

10 (7.9)

23 (7.4)

13 (3.3)

10 (2.9)

23 (3.1)

A. o. + A. p.

0

0

0

0

2 (1.6)

2 (0.6)

0

2 (0.6)

2 (0.3)

A. o. + T.

0

0

0

0

4 (3.2)

4 (1.3)

0

4 (1.2)

4 (0.5)

A. b. + A. c.

0

0

0

2 (1.1)

0

2 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

0

2 (0.3)

A. b. + A. p.

0

0

0

0

1 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

0

1 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

A. c. + A. p.

0

0

0

2 (1.1)

0

2 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

0

2 (0.3)

A. c. + T.

0

0

0

13 (7.1)

1 (0.8)

14 (4.5)

13 (3.3)

1 (0.3)

14 (1.9)

A. p. + T.

0

0

0

1 (0.5)

0

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

0

1 (0.1)

B. bo. + T.

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

0

0

0

0

1 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

A. o. + A. b. + A. c.

0

0

0

17 (9.3)

0

17 (5.5)

17 (4.3)

0

17 (2.3)

A. o. + A. b. + T.

0

0

0

5 (2.7)

0

5 (1.6)

5 (1.3)

0

5 (0.7)

A. o. + A. c. + A. p.

0

0

0

6 (3.3)

0

6 (1.9)

6 (1.5)

0

6 (0.8)

A. o. + A. c. + T.

0

0

0

22 (12.0)

1 (0.8)

23 (7.4)

22 (5.6)

1 (0.3)

23 (3.1)

A. o. + A. p. + T.

0

0

0

3 (1.6)

0

3 (1.0)

3 (0.8)

0

3 (0.4)

A. b. + A. c. + T.

0

0

0

11 (6.0)

0

11 (3.6)

11 (2.8)

0

11 (1.5)

A. o. + A. b. + A. c. + A. p.

0

0

0

3 (1.6)

0

3 (1.0)

3 (0.8)

0

3 (0.4)

A. o. + A. b. + A. c. + T.

0

0

0

46 (25.1)

0

46 (14.9)

46 (11.7)

0

46 (6.3)

A. o. + A. c. + A. p. + T.

0

0

0

11 (6.0)

0

11 (3.6)

11 (2.8)

0

11 (1.5)

A. o. + A. b. + A. c. + A. p. + T.

0

0

0

2 (1.1)

0

2 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

0

2 (0.3)

Total mixed infections

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

161 (88.0)

19 (15.1)

180 (58.3)

161 (41.0)

20 (5.9)

181 (24.7)

Total positive

24 (11.4)

36 (16.7)

60 (14.1)

178 (97.3)

69 (54.8)

247 (79.9)

202 (51.4)

105 (30.8)

307 (41.8)

  1. For other abbreviations, see Table 1