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Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014
Research

Accuracy of Herdsmen Reporting versus Serologic Testing for Estimating Foot-and-Mouth Disease Prevalence

Kenton L. MorganComments to Author , Ian G. Handel, Vincent N. Tanya, Saidou M. Hamman, Charles Nfon1, Ingrid E. Bergman, Viviana Malirat, Karl J. Sorensen, and Barend M. de C. Bronsvoort
Author affiliations: University of Liverpool, Neston, Wirral, UK (K.L. Morgan); University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Scotland, UK (I.G. Handel, B.M. de C. Bronsvoort); Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (V.N. Tanya, S.M. Hamman, C. Nfon); Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon (V.N. Tanya); Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (I.E. Bergman, V. Malirat); Danish Veterinary Institute for Virus Research, Kalvehave, Denmark (K.J. Sorensen); Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Dr. César Milstein, Buenos Aires, Argentina (I.E. Bergman, V. Malirat)

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Table 1

Prevalence of FMD among cattle, Adamawa plateau, Cameroon, according to different surveillance methods, 2000*

Administrative division Previous 2 years, % (95% CI)†
 Previous 1 year, % (95% CI)†
Herdsmen’s reports VN testing Herdsmen’s reports I-ELISA CHEKIT-ELISA C-ELISA
Vina 89.6
(83.0–96.1) 85.1
(76.4–93.8) 76.6
(66.4–86.8) 74.5
(64.9–84.0) 29.8
(16.3–43.2) 70.2
(58.6–81.8)
Mbere 72.0
(55.0–89.0) 76.0
(57.0–95.0) 54.4
(32.6–76.1) 50.8
(33.0–68.8) 15.8
(1.8–29.7) 56.1
(32.6–79.7)
Djerem 54.8
(34.7–74.9) 59.2
(48.0–70.6) 35.7
(19.1–52.3) 55.4
(45.0–65.7) 16.1
(1.7–30.4) 37.5
(24.1–50.9)
Mayo Banyo 78.6
(66.0–91.2) 85.7
(76.2–95.2) 43.9
(22.5–65.4) 59.1
(39.4–78.8) 12.1
(0.7–23.5) 63.6
(44.5–82.8)
Faro and Deo 100 100 73.3
(62.2–84.5) 73.3
(52.4–94.3) 40.0
(28.8–51.2) 73.3
(52.4–94.2)
Overall 78.2
(72.1–84.3) 80.3
(75.0–85.6) 57.4
(49.8–65.1) 63.0
(56.2–69.9) 21.8
(15.6–28.0) 60.4
(52.6–68.2)

*FMD, foot-and-mouth disease; VN, virus neutralization.
†CIs adjusted for stratification by administrative division and clustering of herds by veterinary center.

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1Current affiliation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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