Research Article

Immunity Status of Blood Donors Regarding Toxoplasma gondii Infection in a Low-Income District of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Table 5

The quantitative estimation of risk of contamination of a blood donation by Toxoplasma gondii in endemic situation.

ItemsLow hypothesisHigh hypothesis

Number of days365365
Duration of parasitemia (days)121
Probability to take a donor in parasitemia stage1/36521/365
Incidence of infection%33
Risk of infected donation for 100000 donations8.22172.60