Toxoplasma gondii survey in cats from two environments of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Modified Agglutination Test on sera and filter-paper

Table 3 MAT results in the different cat populations and risk factors

Location	Entire population	Gender^a		Reproductive status			Age class
		Female	Male	Neutered	Not neutered	NI	Adult	Juvenile
MS	32/265 (12.08) [8.40–16.60]	20/163 (12.27) [7.65–18.30]	12/101 (11.88) [6.20–19.80]	23/196 (11.73) [7.58–17.10]	1/4 (25) [0.63–80.60]	8/65 (12.31) [5.40–22.80]	32/257 (12.45) [8.67–17.10]	0/8 (0) [0.00,36.90]
RD	4/107 (3.74) [1.02–9.30]	3/68 (4.41) [0.92–12.40]	1/39 (2.56) [0.06–13.50]	4/42 (9.52) [2.65–22.60]	0/43 (0) [0.00–8.20]	0/22 (0) [0.00–15.40]	3/91 (3.30) [0.69–9.30]	1/16 (6.25) [0.16–30.20]
P-value	< 0.01	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	< 0.01	ns

MS Municipal shelter, RD Residential district, NI the reproductive status was not identified in clinical examination, ns not significant
^aSex could not be determined for one cat
Results are expressed as number of positive cats/total number of cats (% positive) [95% confidence interval]

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