Table 1 Pooled prevalence of Toxoplasma infection in domestic cats and subgroup analyses.
Continent | No. of studies | Detection method | Prevalence % (95% CI) | Heterogeneity | Egger’s test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I2 | Q | P value | T | P value | ||||
Africa | 6 | Stool exam | 9.8 (2.4–21.5) | 94.1 | 84.2 | < 0.0001 | 5.1 | 0.0434 |
16 | Serology | 55.7 (35.6–74.8) | 98.9 | 1408.4 | < 0.0001 | − 3.8 | 0.6571 | |
Asia | 32 | Stool exam | 4 (1.9–6.9) | 96.9 | 1001.4 | < 0.0001 | 3.2 | 0.0195 |
90 | Serology | 28.3 (24.1–32.6) | 98.1 | 4730.5 | < 0.0001 | 7.7 | < 0.0001 | |
Australia | 4 | Stool exam | 1.7 (0.2–4.5) | 79.1 | 14.3 | 0.0025 | 1.3 | 0.3488 |
6 | Serology | 66.6 (62.8–70.3) | 97.2 | 176.1 | < 0.0001 | − 9.66 | 0.1256 | |
Europe | 55 | Stool exam | 1.21 (0.8–1.6) | 89.6 | 517.1 | < 0.0001 | 1.18 | < 0.0001 |
61 | Serology | 45.3 (41.1–49.6) | 96.7 | 1840.1 | < 0.0001 | 2.94 | 0.1269 | |
North America | 16 | Stool exam | 0.9 (0.5–1.3) | 50.0 | 30.3 | 0.0108 | 0.94 | 0.0583 |
37 | Serology | 31.6 (27–36.4) | 96.8 | 1126.2 | < 0.0001 | 0.49 | 0.7212 | |
Central/South America | 12 | Stool exam | 6.2 (1.8–1.3) | 97.1 | 374.2 | < 0.0001 | 3.4 | 0.0226 |
61 | Serology | 40.3 (34.0–46.8) | 97.7 | 2642.3 | < 0.0001 | 4.5 | 0.0467 | |
