Table 1 A summary of the included studies

Human hosts

1

Barbosa et al. [44]

294

55.8

Sumidouro (RJ)

C and M

2

Oliveira-Arbex et al. [45]

181

41.9

Botucatu (SP)

M

3

Seguí et al. [46]

766

28.2

Paranaguá (PR)

C and M

4

Valença-Barbosa et al. [47]

180

35.5

Duque de Caxias (RJ)

C and M

5

Faria et al. [48]

3245

2.9

Metropolitan region (RJ)

C

6

Melo et al. [49]

60

78.3

São Paulo (SP)

C and M

7

Seguí et al. [50]

217

31.8

Paranaguá (PR)

C

8

Rebolla et al. [51]

205

83.4

Sebastião da Grama (SP)

C

9

Cabrine-Santos et al. [52]

1323

17.8

Uberaba (MG)

C

10

David et al. [9]

126

53.2

Botucatu e Santa Maria da Serra (SP)

C and M

11

Santos et al. [53]

1

100

Niterói (RJ)

C and M

12

Gil et al. [54]

1338

21.2

Belo Horizonte (MG)

C

13

Gil et al. [55]

110

24.5

Sete Lagoas (MG)

C

14

Santos et al. [56]

97

13.4

Ilhéus (BA)

C

15

Amâncio et al. [57]

105

2.8

Botucatu (SP)

C

16

Branco et al. [58]

185

2.2

Campos do Jordão (SP)

C

17

Batista et al. [59]

1754

0.7

São Paulo (SP); Belo Horizonte e Uberlândia (MG); Fortaleza (CE)

C

18

Malheiros et al. [60]

382

17.3

Confresa (MT)

C and M

19

Visser et al. [61]

362

0.3

Manaus (AM)

C

20

Eymael et al. [62]

100

40.0

Novo Hamburgo (RS)

C

21

Borges et al. [63]

83

57.8

Oriximiná (PR)

C

22

Takizawa et al. [64]

343

10.7

Cascavel (PR)

C

23

Kulik et al. [65]

86

20.9

Campo Mourão (PR)

C

24

Miné et al. [66]

503

4.6

Américo Brasiliense, Gavião Peixoto, Motuca, Rincão e Araraquara (SP)

C

25

Aguiar et al. [67]

313

40.9

Sidrolândia (MS)

C

26

Alarcón et al. [68]

272

19.9

São Paulo (SP)

C

27

Carvalho-Costa et al. [69]

213

1.4

Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

C

28

Souza-Júnior et al. [70]

393

0.5

Goiânia (GO)

C

29

Nascimento et al. [71]

181

26.5

Pitanga (PR)

C

30

Amato-Neto et al. [72]

227

38.3

São Paulo (SP)

C

31

Quadros et al. [73]

200

0.5

Lages (SC)

C

32

Cimerman et al. [74]

200

0.5

São Paulo (SP)

C

33

Guimarães et al. [75]

147

32

Botucatu (SP)

C

34

Kobayashi et al. [76]

222

37.8

Holambra (SP)

C

35

Guimarães et al. [77]

173

34.7

Botucatu (SP)

C

Animal hosts

36

Valença-Barbosa et al. [36]

89 non-human primates; 2 raccoons; 11 rodents; 26 marsupials; 1 armadillo; 57 birds; 39 pigs; 13 reptiles; 96 cockroaches

37.0; 0; 64.0; 81.0; 100; 21.0; 77.0; 69.0; 2.0. respectively

Metropolitan region (RJ)

M

37

Moura et al. [37]

78 dogs; 16 cats; 18 pigs; 28 cattle; 3 sheep

2.6; 0; 72.2; 21.4; 33.3, respectively

Uberaba (MG)

C and M

38

Marques et al. [78]

130 (bird)

2.3

Contagem, Poços de Caldas, São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Betim, Belo Horizonte (MG)

C

39

Marietto-Gonçalves et al. [79]

207 (bird)

1.4

Botucatu (SP)

C

40

Mundim et al. [80]

79 (boar)

12.6

Uberlândia (MG)

C