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. 2014 May 22;8(5):e2887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002887

Table 1. Antigen and antibody seroprevalence figures (as based on the results of the Ag-ELISA and the EITB, respectively) by sex and by sampling round.

Seroprevalence Sampling round Sex Number of positive cases/Total number of individuals Percentage of positive cases [95%CI]a
Antigen SR 1b Female 2/367 0.5 [0.1–2]
Male 5/377 1.3 [0.4–3.1]
Total 7/744 0.9 [0.4–1.9]
SR 2c Female 1/293 0.3 [0–1.9]
Male 4/245 1.6 [0.4–4.1]
Total 5/538 0.9 [0.3–2.2]
SR 3d Female 3/265 1.1 [0.2–3.3]
Male 5/249 2 [0.7–4.6]
Total 8/518 1.5 [0.7–3]
Antibody SR 1b Female 124/364 34.1 [29.2–39.2]
Male 108/379 28.5 [24–33.3]
Total 232/743 31.2 [27.9–34.7]
SR 2c Female 100/293 34.1 [28.7–39.9]
Male 83/245 33.9 [28–40.2]
Total 183/538 34 [30–38.2]
SR 3d Female 80/270 29.6 [24.2–35.5]
Male 77/248 31 [25.3–37.2]
Total 157/518 30.3 [26.4–34.5]
a

CI = Binomial exact 95% Confidence Intervals; SR = sampling round;

b

SR 1 = June 2009 sampling,

c

SR 2 = November 2009 Sampling;

d

SR 3 = July 2010 Sampling.