Table 4.
Combined IgG and IgM anti-T. gondii antibodies seroprevalence in women in Central Ethiopia
|
Sero reaction |
Total |
Pregnant |
Non-pregnant |
P-value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(N = 425) |
(N = 213) |
(N = 212) |
|
|||
| Positive | % | Positive | % | Positive | % | ||
| IgG Positive only |
333 |
78.4 |
176 |
82.6 |
157 |
74.1 |
0.032 |
| IgG and IgM Positive |
13 |
3.06 |
8 |
3.8 |
5 |
2.4 |
0.403 |
| IgG and IgM Negative |
75 |
17.6 |
28 |
13.1 |
47 |
22.2 |
0.015 |
| IgG negative and IgM positive |
4 |
0.9 |
1 |
0.5 |
3 |
1.4 |
0.313 |
| Total seropositivity |
346 |
81.4 |
184 |
86.4 |
162 |
76.4 |
0.008 |
| Total seronegativity | 79 | 18.6 | 29 | 13.6 | 50 | 23.6 | 0.008 |