Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet dogs in Lanzhou, Northwest China

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Prevalence of T. gondii infection in dogs in People's Republic of China

Provinces/Cities	No. tested	Positive (%)	Serologic test^d	Cut-off value	Time tested (year)	References
Guangzhou	114^a	17.5	ELISA	UN^e	2007-2008	[15] Zhang et al., 2010
	36^b	33.3
Inner Mongolia	68^a	7.4	ELISA	UN	2009-2010	[16] Lu et al., 2010
	35^c	2.9
	64^b	23.4
Shenzhen	598^a	3.34	ELISA	UN	2009-2010	[17] Xie et al., 2010
Zhengzhou	106^a	12.26	IHA	1:64	2009	[18] Zhang et al., 2010
Xinjiang	96^b	4.17	IHA	1:64	UN	[19] Zhang et al., 2009
Shanghai	360^a	11.67	PAPS	UN	2001-2002	[20] Gong et al., 2009
	620^a	4.03	IHA	1:64	2003-2007
	355^a	4.51	PAPS	UN	2008-2009
	355^a	3.94	IHA	1:64	2008-2009
Shanghai	3982^a	13.00	PAPS	UN	2002	[21] Wang et al., 2006
Taizhou	5248^a	0.26	UN	UN	2007-2008	[22] Lu et al., 2009
Haikou	462^a	2.6	ELISA	UN	2007-2008	[23] Huang et al., 2008
Dongguan	610^c	0.66	IHA	1:64	2005-2006	[24] Zhang et al., 2007
Beijing	159^a	13.21	ELISA	UN	UN	[25] Yu et al., 2006
Hebei	78^c	26.92	ELISA	UN	2000-2001	[26] Yuan et al., 2004

^a pet dogs, ^b stray dogs, ^c type not specified by others.
^d ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, PAPS: polyaledehyde polystyrene, IHA: indirect hemagglutination test
^e UN: unknown

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