Table 2 Nested PCR detection results of B. bigemina and B. bovis parasites in field blood samples
Province | Total number of samples | Babesia bigemina | Babesia bovis | Mixed infection | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. positive | Percentage | No. positive | Percentage | No. positive | Percentage | ||
Mpumalanga | 48 | 32 | 66.7 | 21 | 43.8 | 15 | 31.3 |
KwaZulu-Natal | 52 | 44 | 84.6 | 33 | 63.5 | 28 | 53.9 |
Limpopo | 47 | 39 | 83.0 | 11 | 23.4 | 11 | 23.4 |
North West | 58 | 41 | 70.7 | 38 | 65.5 | 24 | 41.4 |
Gauteng | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | 19 | 63.3 | 18 | 60.0 |
Free State | 64 | 56 | 87.5 | 15 | 23.4 | 14 | 21.9 |
Eastern Cape | 60 | 21 | 35.0 | 7 | 11.7 | 4 | 6.7 |
Northern Cape | 45 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
Western Cape | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 5 | 19.2 | 3 | 11.5 |
Total | 430 | 278 | 64.7 | 151 | 35.1 | 117 | 27.2 |