Table 3. Prevalence rates of antibodies against Toxocara canis excretory-secretory antigen.
| Study location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatow | Tegel | Moabit | Steglitz | Total | |
| Numbera | Numbera | Numbera | Numbera | Numbera | |
| Frequency [%] | Frequency [%] | Frequency [%] | Frequency [%] | Frequency [%] | |
| Rodent species | (95% CIb) | (95% CIb) | (95% CIb) | (95% CIb) | (95% CIb) |
| A.flavicollis | 33 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 77 |
| 0 | 4.76 | na | 0 | 1.3 | |
| (0–10.4) | (0.8–22.7) | na | (0–14.3) | (0.2–7.0) | |
| A. sylvaticus | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| nac | Na | 28.0 | na | 28.0 | |
| na | Na | (14.3–47.6) | na | (14.3–47.6) | |
| A. agrarius | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 72 |
| 60.0 | Na | na | 28.4 | 33.3 | |
| (23.1–88.2) | Na | na | (19.0–40.1) | (23.5–44.8) | |
| M. glareolus | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| 0 | 16.7 | 0 | na | 3.6 | |
| (0–8.2) | (4.7–44.8) | (0–79.3) | na | (1.0–12.1) | |
| M. arvalis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | Na | na | na | 0 | |
| (0.0–65.8) | na | na | na | (0–65.8 | |
| M. agrestis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | na | na | 0 | 0 | |
| (0.0–43.5) | na | na | (0.0–63.2) | 0–32.4 | |
| Total | 88 | 33 | 26 | 93 | 240 |
| 3.4 | 9.1 | 26.9 | 20.4 | 14.2 | |
| (1.2–9.5) | (3.1–23.6) | (13.7–46.1) | (13.7–29.7) | (10.3–19.1) | |
Seroprevalence is reported separately for all rodent species (Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus agrarius, Myodes glareolus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus agrestis) and study sites.
aThe total number of examined animals is lower than in Table 1 since serum was not obtained from all rodents.
b95% confidence interval.
cna, not available.