Seroprevalence of 12 serovars of pathogenic Leptospira in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Poland

Table 1 Total number of red foxes from Poland hunted in 9 Polish provinces between 2014 and 2015

Sex	Females						Males						Unknown	Total	No of seropositive	% of anti-Leptospira sp. antibodies positive (95% CI)
Age	Adult		Young	Unknown			Adult		Young		Unknown		Unknown
Result (Leptospira sp.)	−	+	−	+	−	+	−	+	−	+	−	+	−
Province/season
LD	45	14	35	14			81	27	26	12				254	67	26.4 (21.1–32.3)
Spring	12	4	3				11	4	4	1				39	9
Autumn	12	2	9	1			15	3	7					49	6
Winter	21	8	23	13			55	20	15	11				166	52
MP	56	18	60	8			92	23	51	12				320	61	19.1 (14.9–23.8)
Unknown	36	10	37	3			75	13	28	5				207	31
Spring	17	6	5	2			12	6	7	2				57	16
Autumn	3	2	18	3			5	4	16	5				56	14
MA					47	30					80	42		199	72	36.2 (29.5–43.3)
Unknown					47	30					80	42		199	72
OP	25	13	29	6			42	24	25	9				173	52	30.1 (23.3–37.5)
Summer	4	1	11	3			7	5	11	3				45	12
Autumn	21	12	18	3			35	19	14	6				128	40
PK			19	17		1			38	24	2			101	42	41.6 (31.9–51.8)
Unknown			19	17		1			38	24	2			101	42
PM	43	17	7	4			36	16	3	5				131	42	32.1 (24.2–40.8)
Winter	43	17	7	4			36	16	3	5				131	42
SL	61	11	62	8			106	8	55	9			1	321	36	11.2 (8.0–15.2)
Spring	7	2	3				9	2	5	1			1	30	5
Summer	13	2	22	4			18	3	17	5				84	14
Autumn	23	5	28	1			48	2	22	2				131	10
Winter	18	2	9	3			31	1	11	1				76	7
SW	40	8	73	11			73	14	36	5				260	38	14.6 (10.6–19.5)
Spring	8	1	5				5	2						21	3
Summer	5	2	13				10	3	9					42	5
Autumn	3	1	27	7			15	3	10	3				69	14
Winter	24	4	28	4			43	6	17	2				128	16
WM	73	36	30	26			87	70	34	19				375	151	40.3 (35.3–45.4)
Winter	73	36	30	26			87	70	34	19				375	151
Total	343	117	315	94	47	31	517	182	268	95	82	42	1	2134	561	26.3 (24.4–28.2)

LD Łódzkie, MP Leser Poland, MA Masovia, OP Opolskie, PK Subcarpathia, PM Pomerania, SL Silesia, SW Świętokrzyskie, WM Warmia-Masuria

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