The global serological prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in felids during the last five decades (1967–2017): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Global and regional pooled seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats: results from studies performed in seven continents

Continent	No. of studies	n/N	Pooled prevalence (95% CI) (%)	Weight	Heterogeneity
Continent	No. of studies	n/N	Pooled prevalence (95% CI) (%)	Weight	df	I² (%)	P-value
Global	204	16,722/59,517	35 (32–38)	100	203	99.54	P < 0.001
Antarctica	1	141/276	51 (45–57)	0.5	0	–	–
Africa	10	583/1232	51 (20–81)	4.94	9	99.79	P < 0.001
Asia	79	4494/22,630	27 (24–30)	39.75	80	98.39	P < 0.001
Australia	3	288/443	52 (15–89)	1.46	2	–	–
Europe	45	4706/1116	43 (38–48)	22.04	44	96.88	P < 0.001
North America	31	4488/17,232	35 (28–43)	14.64	22	98.61	P < 0.001
South America	34	2022/6588	37 (29–45)	16.67	33	99.32	P < 0.001

Abbreviations: –, impossible to estimate, df, degrees of freedom, n, number of positive samples, N, total number of samples

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