Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Dispatch
Prevalence of Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ruminants, Nigeria, 2015
Table
CCHFV IgG ELISA antibody prevalence among cattle, goats, and sheep in Nigeria, 2015*
State | Cattle |
Goats |
Sheep |
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No. tested | No. (%) positive |
No. tested | No. (%) positive |
No. tested | No. (%) positive |
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ELISA | IFAT | ELISA | IFAT | ELISA | IFAT | ||||||
Oyo | 20 | 3 (15.0) | 3 (15.0) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | NT | ||
Lagos | NS | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | NS | – | – | ||
Ogun | NS | – | – | NS | – | – | 20 | 0 | NT | ||
Benue | 10 | 5 | 6 | NS | – | – | NS | – | – | ||
Sokoto | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.9) | NS | – | – | ||
Borno | 10 | 3 | 4 | NS | – | – | NS | – | – | ||
Total | 50 | 12 (24.0) | 14 (28.0) | 50 | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | 50 | 0 | – |
*CCHFV, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; IFAT, indirect fluorescent antibody test; NS, no samples, NT, not tested; –, no results.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.