Table 1.

Geographic origin of 231 horse meat samples and prevalence estimation of T. gondii in horse meat according to MC-PCR, MAT, and ELISA (OD) results.

Country No. (%)	MC-PCR + No. (%) [95% CI]	MAT > 0 No. (%) [95% CI]	MAT > 1:20 No. (%) [95% CI]	MAT > 1:40 No. (%) [95% CI]	OD > 0.06 No. (%) [95% CI]	OD > 0.1015 No. (%) [95% CI]	OD > 0.1145 No. (%) [95% CI]	OD > 0.15 No. (%) [95% CI]
Germany	1 (50.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	2 (100.00%)	2 (100.00%)	2 (100.00%)	2 (100.00%)
2 (0.86%)	[0.01–0.98]	[0–0.842]	[0–0.84]	[0–0.84]	[0.15–1]	[0.15–1]	[0.15–1]	[0.15–1]
Argentina	50 (53.76%)	56 (60.22%)	18 (19.35%)	12 (12.90%)	81 (87.10%)	52 (55.91%)	52 (55.91%)	40 (43.01%))
93 (40.26%)	[0.43–0.64]	[0.49–0.70]	[0.11–0.28]	[0.06–0.21]	[0.78–0.93]	[0.45–0.66]	[0.45–0.66]	[0.32–0.53]
Canada	12 (26.09%)	31 (67.39%)	17 (36.96%)	8 (17.39%)	44 (95.65%)	30 (65.22%)	29 (63.04%)	25 (54.35%)
46 (19.92%)	[0.14–0.41]	[0.52–0.80]	[0.23–0.52]	[0.07–0.31]	[0.85–0.99]	[0.49–0.78]	[0.47–0.76]	[0.39–0.69]
France	10 (71.43%)	10 (71.43%)	1 (7.14%)	0 (0.00%)	12 (85.71%)	7 (50.00%)	6 (42.86%)	4 (28.57%)
14 (6.06%)	[0.41–0.91]	[0.41–0.91]	[0.00–0.33]	[0–0.23]	[0.57–0.98]	[0.23–0.77]	[0.17–0.71]	[0.08–0.58]
Unknown	21 (52.50%)	22 (55.00%)	13 (32.50%)	7 (17.50%)	38 (95.00%)	26 (65.00%)	23 (57.50%)	20 (50.00%)
40 (17.32%)	[0.36–0.68]	[0.38–0.70]	[0.18–0.49]	[0.07–0.32]	[0.83–0.99]	[0.48–0.79]	[0.40–0.73]	[0.33–0.66]
Mexico	2 (6.25%)	17 (53.13%)	4 (12.50%)	2 (6.25%)	27 (84.38%)	15 (46.88%)	14 (43.75%)	12 (37.50%)
32 (13.85%)	[0.00–0.20]	[0.34–0.70]	[0.03–0.29]	[0.00–0.20]	[0.67–0.94]	[0.29–0.65]	[0.26–0.62]	[0.21–0.56]
Uruguay	3 (75.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)	3 (75.00%)	3 (75.00%)	3 (75.00%)	2 (50.00%)
4 (1.73%)	[0.19–0.99]	[0–0.60]	[0–0.60]	[0–0.60]	[0.19–0.99]	[0.19–0.99]	[0.19–0.99]	[0.06–0.93]
Total	99 (42.86%)	136 (58.87%)	53 (22.94%)	29 (12.55%)	207 (89.61%)	135 (58.44%)	129 (55.84%)	105 (45.45%)
231 (100%)	[0.36–0.49]	[0.52–0.65]	[0.17–0.28]	[0.08–0.17]	[0.84–0.93]	[0.51–0.64]	[0.49–0.62]	[0.38–0.52]