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Table 2
Values for descriptors of fox and cat faeces deposits and proportion of vegetable gardens with at least one soil sample testing positive for Echinococcus multilocularis DNA in the three classes of intensity of faecal deposits.
| Descriptors (definition) | Species | Intensity of faecal deposit |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Null |
Moderate |
High |
||
| n = 13 | n = 22 | n = 15 | ||
| Cumulative faecal density | Fox | 0 | 1.19 (±0.25) | 2.87 (±1.71) |
| Mean (± SE) number of faeces deposits per 100 m2 | Cat | 0 | 2.23 (±0.55) | 5.69 (±2.16) |
| Fox | 0 | 0.66 (±0.17) | 1.12 (±0.55) | |
| Mean (± SE) number of faeces deposits per 100 m2 relative to the number of sessions with faeces found | Cat | 0 | 1.36 (±0.30) | 2.08 (±1.02) |
| Visit rate | Fox | 0 | 0.25 [0.15–0.36] | 0.17 [0.07–0.26] |
| Proportion [95% CI] of sessions with faeces collected relative to the total number of sessions | Cat | 0 | 0.24 [0.17–0.32] | 0.38 [0.28–0.45] |
| Proportion of vegetable gardens with E. multilocularis-positive soil samples | 6/13 | 6/22 | 9/15 | |
| Percentage [95% CI] | 46.2% [20.4–73.9] | 27.3% [11.6–50.4] | 60% [32.9–82.5] | |
SE: standard error; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
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