Toxoplasma gondii Infections and Associated Factors in Female Children and Adolescents, Germany.

ABSTRACT: In a representative sample of female children and adolescents in Germany, Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 6.3% (95% CI 4.7%-8.0%). With each year of life, the chance of being seropositive increased by 1.2, indicating a strong force of infection. Social status and municipality size were found to be associated with seropositivity.

SUBMITTER: Giese L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11060440 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature