Seroprevalence of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> in cats in mainland China 2016–2020: a meta-analysis
Siyu Zhou, Ziyin Sang, Lijun Wang, Tangjie Zhang
Abstract
BACKGROUND: in China increases with the number of cats. OBJECTIVES: in cats over the last five years and analyzed the risk factors via meta-analysis. METHODS: We retrieved 20 studies, with a total of 5,158 cats, published between 2016 and 2020, used the DerSimonian-Laird model and calculated seroprevalence estimates with the variance stabilizing double arcsine transformation. RESULTS: < 0.001; I² = 64.6%). Regression analysis of possible heterogeneous causes and subgroup analysis showed that age and whether cats were stray or not have a significant effect on the seropositive rate. CONCLUSIONS: , are an important cause of the spread of the parasite, and this is an important concern for public health.