This is a retrospective, non-randomized, non case-controlled clinical study.
The second analysis was restricted to specimens collected at surgery and all 5 proteins found significant in the first analysis were significant in the case vs. non-case, early case vs. non-case, and late case vs. non-case comparison.
A random 10% sample of non-cases was also examined further, to confirm their non-case status.
The total catch of case study and non-case study fish from the EEZs and high seas regions analysed comprises 75% of global catch.
No non-case attendees were febrile.
For the purpose of analysis a sample of non-case farms was randomly selected from all non-case farms.
The median age was three years younger in the non-case group with highest exposure compared to the two other non-case groups.
bTwo of the 25 non-case attendees reported having at least one symptom.
quinquefasciatus, for which much higher densities were found at sites of non-case-patients.
Non-case-patient residences are denoted by italicized lower case letters.
Plains were 93% of case locations versus 74% of non-case cells (P < 0.0001, χ test).
