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Table 2 Serological surveys of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women during 1996 to 2008 in China

From: Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans in China

Year

Age group

Area and Province

Serologic testa

No. tested

Positive

Reference

1996

NA

Nanning, Guangxi

IHA

1495

7.0%

[97]

1999-2002

NA

Huainan, Anhui

ELISA

228

10.1%

[98]

2003

20-39

Haerbin, Heilongjiang

ELISA

2184

2.2%

[99]

2003

NA

Nanchang, Jiangxi

ELISA

298

6.0%

[100]

2000-2004

21-37

Chongqing

ELISA

1820

0.8%

[101]

2002-2003

NA

Hongkou, Shanghai

ELISA

1075

3.3%

[102]

2003-2004

23-45

Quanzhou, Fujian

ELISA

550

2.7%

[103]

2000-2005

19-44

Guangzhou, Guangdong

ELISA

1332

25.5%

[104]

2005

20-35

Jilin, Jilin

ELISA

196

9.7%

[105]

2003-2006

NA

Wenling, Zhejiang

IBT

2425

0.5%

[106]

2004-2006

NA

Baoding, Hebei

ELISA

3500

3.6%

[107]

2005-2006

NA

Guizhou

ELISA

769

16.5%

[108]

2001-2007

NA

Wuhan, Hubei

ELISA

18127

13.2%

[109]

2007-2008

NA

Kunshan, Jiangsu

ELISA

1491

7.9%

[110]

2008

21-41

Linqing, Shandong

PM

3559

5.0%

[111]

2008

18-45

Tongliao, Inner Mongolia

ELISA

172

15.1%

[112]

  1. NA: data were not available.
  2. aELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, IHA: indirect hemagglutination test, IBT: immunoblotting test, PM: Protein microarray.