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. 2016 Oct 10;11(10):e0164142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164142

Table 6. Trichinella spiralis ELISA and Trichinella spp. western blot (WB) 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
population caretakers
(n = 999) (n = 248) (n = 158) (n = 375) (n = 144)
ELISA (POS)
n positive 31 8 5 13 8
% 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.5 4.9
95% CI 2.2–4.3 1.5–6.0 1.7–6.9 1.9–5.7 2.2–9.4
ELISA (POS+GREY)
n positive 44 15 5 18 8
% 4.4 6.0 3.2 4.8 5.6
95% CI 3.3–5.8 3.6–9.6 1.7–6.9 3.0–7.3 2.6–10.3
WB (POS)
n positive 18 2 4 9 4
% 1.8 0.8 2.5 2.4 2.8
95% CI 1.1–2.8 0.1–2.6 0.8–6.0 1.2–4.4 0.9–6.6
WB (POS+GREY)
n positive 27 2 4 11 5
% 2.7 0.8 2.5 2.9 3.5
95% CI 1.8–3.9 0.1–2.6 0.8–6.0 1.6–5.0 1.3–7.5

CI = confidence interval