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Published in final edited form as: Int J Parasitol. 2000 Nov;30(12-13):1217–1258. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00124-7

Table 11.

Seroprevalences of T. gondii infection in goats (1990–2000)

Country Year of samplinga Seroprevalence (%)b Number of samples tested (n)b Methodc Reference
Kids
Jordan 1989–90 19 69 LAT [491]
Slaughter goats
Bangladesh 1994–95 13 528 LAT [518]
Djibouti < 1994 6 554 IHAT [398]
< 1996 21 176 IHAT [510]
Egypt < 1990 29 14 IHAT [399]
Indonesia < 1998 40 38 IHAT [476]
Iran 1984–88 13 130 LAT [405]
Pakistan 1993 0 58 LAT [413]
Saudi Arabia < 1997 28 100 IHAT [477]
Zimbabwe < 1992 5 156 ELISA [457]
Farmed goats
Austria < 1996 69 687 IFAT [114]
Bangladesh < 1993 54 33 LAT [481]
< 1993 12 306 LAT [391]
Botswana 1994–96 10 345 IHAT [519]
Brazil 1993 16 202 IFAT [520]
< 1994 31 153 IFAT [521]
Croatia 1992 4–14** 179* MAT [522]
Czech Republic 1981–90 61 54 SFDT [486]
1981–90 21 54 CFT [486]
Djibouti < 1996 31 35 IHAT [510]
Ethiopia < 1996 20 133 IHAT [510]
Germany 1993–95 42 69 ELISA [434]
< 1997 19 829 IFAT [487]
Greece (Crete) < 1995 14 2320 ELISA [488]
Jordan < 1993 17 305 LAT [492]
Malaysia 1991–92 35 400 MAT [523]
< 1996 18 107 IHAT [410]
Mexico < 1993 3 707 ELISA [412]
New Zealand < 1991 35 185 IFAT [524]
< 1991 32 185 LAT [524]
Netherlands < 1998 47 189 DAT [525]
Nigeria < 1993 5 248 LAT [495]
Reunion 1987 75 395 ELISA [415]
Senegal < 1996 4 144 IHAT [510]
Spain (Grand Canary Island) < 1995 63 1052 ELISA [526]
Turkey 1990–92 15 66 IHAT [422]
1990–92 12 66 ELISA [422]
< 1997 63 38 SFDT [504]
1997 44 98 SFDT [527]
USA < 1990 65 99 MAT [528]
< 1990 55 99 IHAT [528]
Venezuela < 1998 6 438 IHAT [529]
Unclassified
Brazil 1996 29 439 LAT [393]
China < 1996 26 1028 IHAT [512]
Czech Republic 1994 20 247 CFT [530]
1994–96 30* 202 CFT [531]
1996 60–66** 159* IFAT [531]
1994–97 45* 203 CFT [531]
Egypt < 1997 51 78 IFAT [400]
< 1997 49 78 IHAT [400]
France < 1997 0–77** 765 ELISA [532]
Ghana 1997–98 27 526 ELISA [513]
India < 1993 68 95 DAT [489]
Iran < 1993 20 530 LAT [406]
Mexico < 1990 44 211 IFAT [493]
Saudi Arabia < 2000 4 56 IHAT [416]
Sri Lanka 1989 22 139 MAT [533]
Turkey 1996 54 68 SFDT [534]
Uganda 1996 31 784 ELISA [535]
USA 1982–84 22 1000 MAT [536]
a

Years of sampling are listed as published in the references. In cases where this information was not available, the year listed here is the year when the study was published, as indicated by ‘<’. Data from the 1980s are included if the study was published in the 1990s and if no recent data were available for the area.

b

Figures marked with ‘*’ were calculated from the published data. Seroprevalences marked with ‘**’ varied with the herd examined.

c

CFT, complement fixation test; DAT, direct agglutination test; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test; IHAT, indirect haemagglutination test; LAT, latex agglutination test; MAT, modified agglutination test; SFDT, Sabin–Feldman dye test.