Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch
Detection of Circovirus in Foxes with Meningoencephalitis, United Kingdom, 2009–2013
Steve Bexton, Lidewij C. Wiersma, Sarah Getu, Peter R. van Run, Georges M.G.M. Verjans, Debby Schipper, Claudia M.E. Schapendonk, Rogier Bodewes, Lucy Oldroyd, Bart L. Haagmans, Marion M.P. Koopmans, and Saskia L. Smits
Table 2
Univariate statistical analysis of age, sex, disease signs, and circovirus real-time PCR results for foxes in a study of the detection of circovirus in foxes with meningoencephalitis, United Kingdom, 2009–2013*
| Parameter | PCR results for foxes, no. (%)† |
p value by χ2 test | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without neurologic signs | With neurologic signs | |||
| All foxes |
15 (46.9) |
17 (53.1) |
||
| Sex | ||||
| M | 9 (60.0) | 8 (47.1) | 0.502 | 1.69 (0.41–6.88) |
| F |
6 (40.0) |
9 (52.9) |
||
| Age, y | ||||
| Juvenile | 7 (46.7) | 0 (0) | 0.002 | 3.13 (1.77–5.53) |
| Adult |
8 (53.3) |
17 (100) |
||
| Circovirus positive | ||||
| No | 8 (53.3) | 4 (23.5) | 0.144 | 3.71 (0.82–16.84) |
| Yes | 7 (46.7) | 13 (76.5) | ||
*OR, odds ratio.
†Neurologic signs were abnormal behavior, lack of fear, reduced alertness, aimless wandering, circling, facial muscle twitching, progressive weakness of hind legs, and visual abnormalities.
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