Table 3 Distribution of Babesia-positive blood across the study sites
Sampling site | Total number of Babesia-positive samples by gene | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sub-county | Number of animals | No. of animals B. bovis positive with 18S n (prevalence) (95% CI prevalence) | No. of animals B. bovis positive with cytochrome b n (prevalence) (95% CI prevalence) | No. of animals B. bovis positive with both 18S & cytochrome b genes n (prevalence) (95% CI prevalence) | No. of B. bigemina positive animals n (prevalence) (95% CI prevalence) | No. of animals having both B. bovis and B. bigemina mixed infection n (prevalence) (95% CI prevalence) |
Matuga | 203 | 6 (3.0%) (1.2–6.6%) | 33 (16.3%) (11.6–22.2%) | 34 (16.7%) (12.0–22.8%) | 27 (13.3%) (9.1–18.9%) | 9 (4.4%) (2.2–8.5%) |
Msambweni | 129 | 5 (3.9%) (1.4–9.3%) | 6 (4.7%) (1.9–10.3%) | 7 (5.4%) (2.4–11.3%) | 13 (10.1%) (5.7–16.9%) | 2 (1.6%) (0.3–6.1%) |
Lunga Lunga | 174 | 28 (16.1%) (11.1–22.6%) | 42 (24.1%) (18.1–31.3%) | 46 (26.4%) (20.2–33.8%) | 30 (17.2%%) (12.1–23.9%) | 16 (9.2%) (5.5–14.8%) |
Total | 506 | 39 (7.7%) (5.6–10.4%) | 81 (16.0%) (12.9–19.6%) | 87 (17.2%) (14.1–20.8%) | 70 (13.8%) (11.0–17.2%) | 27 (5.3%) (3.6–7.8%) |