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Table 1 Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild boars hunted in Estonia (NDA: no data available)

From: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging wild boars hunted for human consumption in Estonia

 

% Of the hunting bag

Number of samplesa

% Of the total samplea

Number of positive samples

Seroprevalence (%)

95% Confidence interval

Age group

 Age up to 1 year

 

156

33.12

35

22.44

16.41–29.48

 Older than 1 year

 

185

39.28

51

27.57

21.49–34.34

Sex

 Female

 

231

49.04

57

24.68

19.44–30.54

 Male

 

210

44.59

50

23.81

18.42–29.92

County

 Northern counties

40.69

226

47.98

54

23.89

18.67–29.78

  Hiiumaa

4.22

4

0.85

2

50.00

9.43–90.57

  Läänemaa

7.58

53

11.25

11

20.75

11.43–33.20

  Raplamaa

7.62

16

3.40

5

31.25

12.46–56.32

  Järvamaa

7.67

37

7.86

9

24.32

12.57–39.97

  Harjumaa

6.25

68

14.44

16

23.53

14.60–34.68

  Lääne-Virumaa

5.80

48

10.19

11

22.92

12.68–36.66

  Ida-Virumaa

1.56

0

0.00

NDA

NDA

 Southern counties

59.31

245

52.02

59

24.08

19.04–29.73

  Võrumaa

5.74

33

7.01

4

12.12

3.97–26.7

  Valgamaa

5.04

30

6.37

10

33.33

18.33–51.42

  Põlvamaa

7.15

28

5.94

9

32.14

16.95–50.86

  Pärnumaa

9.51

46

9.77

13

28.26

16.71–42.47

  Saaremaa

15.64

24

5.10

7

29.17

13.74–49.36

  Viljandimaa

7.64

30

6.37

1

3.33

0.17–15.36

  Tartumaa

4.85

41

8.70

13

31.71

18.91–47.01

  Jõgevamaa

3.74

13

2.76

2

15.38

2.66–42.23

Total

 

471

 

113

23.99

20.30–28.01

  1. aFor some samples, the age group of the animal, sex of the animal, or the county where the animal was shot was not reported or not clearly indicated. Thus, these samples were excluded from the respective analyses.
  2. Significantly lower than the overall estimate.