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

QA: quality assessment.