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Table 4 Seroprevalence of T. gondii among HD patients and apparently healthy counterparts in Alexandria, Egypt (2014–2016)

From: Opportunistic parasitoses among Egyptian hemodialysis patients in relation to CD4+ T-cell counts: a comparative study

T. gondii seropositivity

HD patients

(N = 120)

Apparently healthy individuals

(N = 100)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Overall

40 (33.3)

8 (8.0)

< 0.001*

IgM

4 (3.3)

2 (2.0)

1.000

IgG

38 (31.7)

7 (7.0)

< 0.001*

  1. HD Hemodialysis; *, statistically significant at P < 0.05