Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cats in mainland China 2016-2020: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Toxoplasma gondii can infect humans and most animals and has a very high infection rate worldwide, including in China. The number of people infected with T. gondii in China increases with the number of cats.

Objectives

We investigated the seropositive rate of T. gondii in cats over the last five years and analyzed the risk factors via meta-analysis.

Methods

We retrieved 20 studies, with a total of 5,158 cats, published between 2016 and 2020, used the DerSimonian-Laird model and calculated seroprevalence estimates with the variance stabilizing double arcsine transformation.

Results

The overall seroprevalence rate after sinusoidal conversion was 19.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 15.9-23.9; 966/5,158), lower than the domestic rep

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8799937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature