Table 1 Seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in adult sheep and lambs in Romania by ELISA
Region | Total | Adults ≥ 1 year old | Lambs < 1 year old | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Positive (n) | Prevalence (95% CI) | P value | n | Positive (n) | Prevalence (95% CI) | P value | n | Positive (n) | Prevalence (95% CI) | P value | |
Central | 720 | 290 | 40.28% (36.76–43.90) | 0.001 | 421 | 235 | 55.82% (51.04–60.49) | 0.001 | 299 | 55 | 18.39% (14.17–23.26) | 0.001 |
Northwest | 1378 | 774 | 56.17% (53.53–58.77) | 1251 | 732 | 58.51% (55.76–61.21) | 127 | 42 | 33.07% (24.98–41.97) | |||
West | 502 | 348 | 69.32 (65.15–73.20)* | 395 | 296 | 74.94% (70.44–78.96)* | 107 | 52 | 48.6 (38.3–58.5)* | |||
Southeast | 50 | 5 | 10 (3.33–21.81) | NA | NA | NA | 50 | 5 | 10 (3.3–21.8) | |||
Total | 2650 | 1417 | 53.47 (51.57–55.36) | 2067 | 1263 | 61.1 (58.98–63.18) | 583 | 154 | 26.4 (22.9–30.14) | |||