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Table 5 Observed prevalence of serotype-specific FMDV antibodies reported for all the buffalo subspecies tested as overall result and by region of collection.

From: Serological profile of foot-and-mouth disease in wildlife populations of West and Central Africa with special reference to Syncerus caffer subspecies

 

Serotype

No Positive/TOT

Observed seroprevalence †

95%CI

West Africa

A

6/12

50.0%

25.4% - 74.6%

 

O

6/12

50.0%

25.4% - 74.6%

 

C

7/12

58.3%

31.9% - 80.7%

 

SAT 1

8/12

66.7%

38.8% - 86.4%

 

SAT 2

9/12

75.0%

46.1% - 91.7%

 

SAT 3

3/12

25.0%

8.3% - 53.8%

Central Africa

A

50/115

43.4%

34.8% - 52.6%

 

O

96/112

85.7%

77.9% - 91.1%

 

C

77/115

67.0%

57.9% - 74.9%

 

SAT 1

85/115

73.9%

65.2% - 81.1%

 

SAT 2

95/115

82.6%

74.6% - 88.5%

 

SAT 3

56/115

48.7%

39.7% - 57.7%

TOT

A

56/127

44.1%

35.8% - 52.8%

 

O

102/124

82.3%

74.5% - 88.0%

 

C

84/127

66.1%

57.5% - 73.8%

 

SAT 1

93/127

73.2%

64.9% - 80.2%

 

SAT 2

104/127

81.9%

74.2% - 87.7%

 

SAT 3

59/127

46.5%

38.0% - 55.1%

  1. †Cut-off values set as ≥50 for A, O and C serotypes, and ≥40 for SATs serotypes.