Detection of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in Blood from Equines from Four Indigenous Communities in Costa Rica

Table 2

Absolute frequency and percentage of horses testing positive for B. caballi and T. equi using nested PCR and c-ELISA in four indigenous communities of Costa Rica ().

Community ()		B. caballi		T. equi		B. caballi and T. equi
		+ (%)		+ (%)		+ (%)
		PCR	ELISA	PCR	ELISA	PCR	ELISA
Vereh (66)	30	8 (26.7)	20 (66.7)	12 (40.0)	26 (86.7)	2 (6.7)	17 (56.7)
Amubre (66)	30	10 (33.3)	20 (66.7)	10 (33.3)	28 (93.3)	4 (13.3)	20 (66.7)
Paso Marcos (80)	37	6 (16.2)	22 (59.5)	9 (24.3)	35 (94.6)	2 (5.4)	22 (59.5)
Alto Pacuare (73)	33	2 (6.1)	28 (84.8)	29 (87.9)	26 (78.8)	2 (6.1)	22 (66.7)
Total	130	26 (20.0)	90 (69.2)	60 (46.2)	115 (88.5)	10 (7.7)	81 (62.3)

= total horses sampled; = total horses analyzed; + = total positive by test.
The percentage (%) is calculated with respect to the total of animals analyzed by community. Superscripts indicate a statistical difference at the 0.05 significance level within the column, between rows.