Review Article
Seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Information about Toxocara in pregnant women.
| First author | Publication year | Age range or mean range | Diagnostic method | Antibodies | Country | Continent | Sample size | Infected by Toxocara | QA |
| Mohamed Issa | 2006 | 18 to 32 | Exoantigen (TEX)-ELISA | IgG | Egypt | Africa | 28 | 12 | 6 | Cong et al. | 2014 | 28.39 (range 18–43) | ELISA | IgG | China | Asia | 990 | 91 | 9 | Santos et al. | 2015 | 13 to 34 | ELISA | IgG | Brazil | South America | 280 | 18 | 10 | Pereira et al. | 2016 | Unknown | ELISA | IgG | Brazil | South America | 311 | 23 | 9 | Papavasilopoulos et al. | 2016 | Unknown | ELISA | IgG | Greece | Europe | 25 | 4 | 6 | Raissi et al. | 2018 | 30.2 | ELISA | IgG | Iran | Asia | 189 | 40 | 10 | SL YU et al. | 2020 | 26.5 | ELISA | IgG | China | Asia | 235 | 57 | 9 | Ikotun et al. | 2020 | 31.1 (range 20–43) | Western blot | IgG | Nigeria | Africa | 413 | 382 | 10 | de Oliveira Azevedo et al. | 2021 | 14 to 43 | ELISA | IgG | Brazil | South America | 280 | 58 | 10 | Murad et al. | 2021 | 18 to 39 | ELISA | IgG | Iran | Asia | 150 | 18 | 10 | Sohrabi et al. | 2022 | 20 to 50 | ELISA | IgG | Iran | Asia | 162 | 19 | 9 |
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