Table 1 Summarized results on the detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in water and wastewater samples collected from different sources in Qinghai Province, P.R. China using real-time PCR.
Sampling site | No. of samples investigated | No. of positive samples (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Wastewater | 188 | 4 (2.1) | 0.8–5.3 |
Xining WWTP | 38 | 1 (2.6) | 0.5–13.5 |
Huangyuan WWTP | 101 | 2 (2) | 0.6–7.0 |
Baide slaughterhouse | 49 | 1 (2) | 0.3–10.6 |
Surface water | 26 | 0 | |
Guoluo River | 10 | 0 | |
Chahan River | 9 | 0 | |
Baoku River | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 214 | 4 (1.9) | 0.7–4.8 |
