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Table 9 Relationship between semen bacteriology and serology

From: Contagious epididymitis due to Brucella ovis: relationship between sexual function, serology and bacterial shedding in semen

  

B. ovis culture results

 

Serological results

 

Negative

Positive

 

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

CFT

Negative

96

(48.7)

25

(12.7)

p < 0.001*

(n = 197)

Positive

13

(6.6)

63

(32.0)

Κ = 0.597**

I-ELISA (45 %)

Negative

84

(42.4)

4

(2.0)

p < 0.001; Κ = 0.710

(n = 198)

Positive

25

(12.6)

85

(42.9)

  1. *Fisher exact test
  2. **Κ: Cohen’s kappa coefficient
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