Patients | Prevalence of | Controls | Prevalence of | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tested | T. gondiiinfection | P | tested | T. gondiiinfection | P | |||
Characteristic | No. | No. | % | value | No. | No. | % | value |
Cats at home | ||||||||
Yes | 83 | 11 | 13.3 | 0.14 | 74 | 9 | 12.2 | 0.25 |
No | 66 | 4 | 6.1 | 75 | 5 | 6.7 | ||
Cats in the neighborhood | ||||||||
Yes | 99 | 13 | 13.1 | 0.08 | 119 | 12 | 10.1 | 0.73 |
No | 50 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 6.7 | ||
Dogs at home | ||||||||
Yes | 124 | 15 | 12.1 | 0.07 | 121 | 11 | 9.1 | 0.72 |
No | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 10.7 | ||
Birds at home | ||||||||
Yes | 72 | 10 | 13.9 | 0.13 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
No | 77 | 5 | 6.5 | 99 | 9 | 9.1 | ||
Traveled abroad | ||||||||
Yes | 55 | 3 | 5.5 | 0.15 | 52 | 5 | 9.6 | 1 |
No | 94 | 12 | 12.8 | 97 | 9 | 9.3 | ||
Boar meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 34 | 6 | 17.6 | 0.1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
No | 115 | 9 | 7.8 | 127 | 14 | 11 | ||
Pigeon meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 30 | 5 | 16.7 | 0.18 | 23 | 4 | 17.4 | 0.23 |
No | 119 | 10 | 8.4 | 125 | 10 | 8 | ||
Duck meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 33 | 7 | 21.2 | 0.02 | 24 | 5 | 20.8 | 0.05 |
No | 116 | 8 | 6.9 | 125 | 9 | 7.2 | ||
Opossum meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 10 | 5 | 50 | 0.001 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0.18 |
No | 139 | 10 | 7.2 | 147 | 13 | 8.8 | ||
Armadillo meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 10 | 5 | 50 | 0.001 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.32 |
No | 139 | 10 | 7.2 | 145 | 13 | 9 | ||
Iguana meat consumption | ||||||||
Yes | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 0.15 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.39 |
No | 135 | 12 | 8.9 | 144 | 13 | 9 | ||
Degree of meat cooking | ||||||||
Raw or undercooked | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 0.3 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Well done | 138 | 13 | 9.4 | 127 | 12 | 9.4 | ||
Unwashed raw vegetables | ||||||||
Yes | 53 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.05 | 48 | 4 | 8.3 | 1 |
No | 96 | 13 | 13.5 | 101 | 10 | 9.9 | ||
Untreated water | ||||||||
Yes | 122 | 10 | 8.2 | 0.15 | 96 | 10 | 10.4 | 0.77 |
No | 27 | 5 | 18.5 | 53 | 4 | 7.5 | ||
Floor at home | ||||||||
Ceramic or wood | 76 | 5 | 6.6 | 0.009 | 61 | 5 | 8.2 | 0.72 |
Concrete | 66 | 7 | 10.6 | 81 | 8 | 9.9 | ||
Soil | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |