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Table 3 Subgroup analysis for comparison of the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in male domestic cats globally and from different continents

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

Continent

No. of studies

n/N

Pooled prevalence (95% CI) (%)

Weight

Heterogeneity

df

I2 (%)

P-value

Global

101

3169/11,809

33 (29–37)

100

100

98.72

P < 0.001

Africa

7

184/445

43 (12–75)

6.96

6

99.33

P < 0.001

Asia

44

1164/6127

28 (23–33)

43.64

43

97.54

P < 0.001

Australia

2

71/118

62 (54–70)

1.94

1

Europe

18

1079/2453

46 (38–53)

17.89

17

93.71

P < 0.001

North America

10

301/940

33 (24–43)

9.95

19

90.94

P < 0.001

South America

20

370/1726

25 (18–32)

19.63

9

96.85

P < 0.001

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