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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Med (Porto Alegre). 2010;20(1):20–26.

Table 1.

Chorioretinal abnormalities observed in mothers at varying times after birth of a congenitally infected child.

Age Number of mothers:
Percentage of abnormal exams
with children who have reached this age* with children who have visited at this age who have been examined when child was this age†† who had normal exams when child was this age§ who had abnormal exams when child was this age||
Birth 170 121 71 66 5 7%
1 year 162 111 31 29 2 6%
3.5 years 149 85 18 17 1 6%
5 years 140 71 13 12 1 8%
7.5 years 126 49 15 15 0 0%
10 years 111 67 39 38 1 3%
15 years 52 34 19 18 1 5%
20 years 21 13 6 5 1 17%
>20 years 8 7 0 0 0 N/A

Total 939* 558 212†† 200§ 12|| 6%
*

Total number of children’s visits possible. 173 children, 3 sets of twins.

Actual total number of children’s visits.

††

Total number of mothers’ examinations performed.

§

Number of examinations of mothers where no abnormalities consistent with ocular toxoplasmosis were found.

||

Number of examinations of mothers where abnormalities consistent with ocular toxoplasmosis were found (i.e., 10 mothers, 12 examinations).

%=Abnormal exams/exams performed at this age X100.