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] |
CI = Binomial exact 95% Confidence Intervals; SR = sampling round;
SR 1 = June 2009 sampling,
SR 2 = November 2009 Sampling;
SR 3 = July 2010 Sampling.