Table 5. Toxoplasma gondii ELISA results including those that tested positive (POS) and those that tested positive or yielded a grey zone result twice (POS+GREY) in the general population, children, veterinarians, animal caretakers, and hunters in Estonia.
General | Children | Veterinarians | Animal | Hunters | |
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population | caretakers | ||||
(n = 999) | (n = 248) | (n = 158) | (n = 375) | (n = 144) | |
ELISA (POS) | |||||
n positive | 557 | 93 | 73 | 279 | 94 |
% | 55.8 | 37.5 ** | 46.2 | 74.4 ** | 65.3 |
95% CI | 52.7–58.8 | 31.6–43.7 | 38.5–54.0 | 69.8–78.6 | 57.2–72.7 |
ELISA (POS+GREY) | |||||
n positive | 564 | 94 | 73 | 281 | 94 |
% | 56.0 | 37.9 ** | 46.2 | 74.7 ** | 65.3 |
95% CI | 53.0–59.1 | 32.0–44.0 | 38.5–54.0 | 70.1–78.9 | 57.2–72.7 |
Comparison with the general population:
** p ≤ 0.001
CI = confidence interval