Prevalence of P. falciparum and T. gondii infections by ELISA and nPCR in women and their babies.

Table 2: Prevalence of P. falciparum and T. gondii infections by ELISA and nPCR in women and their babies.

Participants	Target infection and means of testing	No. positive (%)	χ²	p value McN^*
Mothers (N = 182)	*P. falciparum*
	nPCR on blood samples	7 (3.84)	156.2	< 0.001
	*T. gondii*
	Serum anti - T. gondii IgG detection by ELISA	82 (45.05)	2.162	0.141
	nPCR on blood samples	42 (23.07)	54.05	< 0.001
Babies (N =185)	*P. falciparum*
	nPCR on Cord blood	0	N/A	N/A
	*T. gondii*
	Serum anti - T. gondii IgG detection by ELISA	42 (22.70)	54.05	< 0.001

^*p value was calculated by McNemar test (McN) with confidence interval (CI) of 95%. p values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant and are indicated in bold fonts.