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Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Research

Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Taenia solium Cysticerci among Refugees Resettled in United States

Seth E. O’NealComments to Author , John M. Townes, Patricia P. Wilkins, John C. Noh, Deborah Lee, Silvia Rodriguez, Hector H. Garcia, and William M. Stauffer
Author affiliations: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA (S.E. O’Neal, J.M. Townes); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P.P. Wilkins, J.C. Noh, D. Lee, W.M. Stauffer); Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru (S. Rodriguez, H.H. Garcia); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima (H.H. Garcia); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (W.M. Stauffer)

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Table 2

Crude and age–sex standardized seroprevalence of antibodies against Taenia solium cysts among refugees resettled in the United States

Variable Burma, n = 499 Laos, n = 502 Bhutan, n = 500 Burundi, n = 500 p value*
Age, y, median (interquartile range) 29 (22–40) 28 (20–47) 30 (22–45) 21 (18–25) <0.01†
Male, no. (%) 273 (54.7) 240 (47.8) 237 (47.4) 234 (46.8) 0.04
Seroprevalence, % (95% CI)
Crude 23.2 (19.5–27.0) 18.3 (14.9–21.7) 22.8 (19.1–26.5) 25.8 (22.0–29.6) 0.04
Age–sex standardized‡ 23.0 (19.1–26.8) 18.3 (14.9–21.7) 22.3 (18.5–26.0) 27.4 (22.8–32.0) <0.01

*Pearson χ2 unless otherwise noted.
†Kruskall-Wallis χ2.
‡Direct standardization method.

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