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 | |
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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