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Table 2 Association between epidemiological data and investigation for T. gondii antibodies in the studied animals

From: Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals in Brazil

Variable

N

MATa

Variable (%); CI95%b

OR (CI95%)c

p d

Gender

 

 Male

15

5

33.3; 15.2-58.7

5.0 (0.5-50.8)

0.17

 Female

11

1

9.1; 2.1-38.5

Age

 

 Young

3

1

33.3; 6.8-80.6

1.8 (0.1-24.2)

0.56

 Adult

23

5

21.7; 9.8-42.2

Purpose of care

 

 Run over

18

3

16.7; 6.1-39.6

3.0 (0.5-19.9)

0.25

 Injured

8

3

30.5; 13.7-70.1

  1. aTiter ≥ 10.
  2. bFrequency of positive animals by modified agglutination test (MAT) based on the studied variables (confidence interval 95%).
  3. cOR: Odds ratio.
  4. dp value for significance level (α) of 5%.