Table 13.
Country | Year of samplinga | Seroprevalence (%) | Number of samples tested (n) | Methodb | Reference |
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Chile | < 1990 | 13 | 143 | IHAT | [548] |
China | < 1990 | 8 | 12 | IHAT | [151] |
Czech Republic | 1981–86 | 53 | 366 | SFDT | [549] |
Egypt | < 1991 | 20 | 100 | CIA | [550] |
France | < 1990 | 6 | 187 | IFAT | [551] |
Years of sampling are listed as published in the references. In cases where this information was not available, the year listed here is the year when the study was published, as indicated by ‘<’. Data from the 1980s are included if the study was published in the 1990s and if no recent data were available for the area.
CIA, carbon immunoassay; IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test; IHAT, indirect haemagglutination test; SFDT, Sabin–Feldman dye test.