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Table 4 Leptospiral seroprevalence and vegetation type on Tutuila, American Samoa 2010

From: Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?

Vegetation type

Number Sampled

Seroprevalence of most common serovars

All serovars

  

Hebdomadis

LT 751

LT 1163

 
  

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Urban built-up

442

7.9 (5.6 - 10.8) %

3.2 (1.7 - 5.3) %

3.8 (2.3 - 6.1) %

14.3 (11.1 - 17.9) %

Urban cultivated

177

10.7 (6.6 - 16.3) %

4.0 (1.6 - 8.0) %

2.8 (1.0 - 6.5) %

16.4 (11.3 - 22.7) %

Agricultural

82

20.7 (12.6 - 31.1) %

9.8 (4.3 - 18.3) %

1.2 (0.0 - 6.6) %

25.6 (16.6 - 36.4) %

Other

20

5.0 (0.1 - 24.9) %

10.0 (1.2 - 31.7) %

10.0 (1.2 - 31.7) %

20.0 (5.7 - 43.7) %