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Table 1 Number of specimens tested by qRT-PCR and by ELISA, and number of seropositive animals

From: Chikungunya antibodies detected in non-human primates and rats in three Indian Ocean islands after the 2006 ChikV outbreak

  

qRT-PCR

ELISA

Species

Sampling location

Number tested*

Number tested

Number positive (%)

Domestic carnivores

    

Cat - Felis catus

Reunion

38

37

0

Dog - Canis lupus

Reunion

69

68

0

Farm mammals and poultry (Reunion Island)

    

Horse - Equus ferus

Reunion

76

97

0

Cattle - Bos primigenius

Reunion

115

116

0

Goat - Capra aegagrus

Reunion

95

115

0

Sheep - Ovis aries

Reunion

25

49

0

Pig - Sus scrofa

Reunion

48

108

0

Poultry - Gallus gallus

Reunion

37

113

0

Wild mammals

    

Shrew - Suncus murinus

Reunion

105

45

0

Ship rat - Rattus rattus

Reunion

74

75

3 (4.0%)

Norway rat - Rattus norvegicus

Reunion

6

17

0

House mouse - Mus musculus

Reunion

33

20

0

Reptiles

    

Panther chameleon - Chamaeleo pardalis

Reunion

17

not tested

not tested

Non-human primates

    

Brown lemur - Eulemur fulvus

Mayotte

53

52

2 (3.8%)

Crab-eating macaques - Macaca fascicularis

Mauritius

not tested

134

1 (0.7%)

Crab-eating macaques - Macaca fascicularis

Reunion

not tested

1

1 (100.0%)

Hamadryas Baboon - Papio hamadryas

Reunion

not tested

2

0

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque - Macaca nemestrina

Reunion

not tested

1

0

Campbell’s Monkey - Cercopithecus campbelli

Reunion

not tested

1

0

Total

 

791

1051

7

  1. *All samples were negative by qRT-PCR.