Table 1. Prevalence of latent toxoplasmosis in women of childbearing age in various countries.
Country | Prevalence (%) | Adj. Prevalence (%) | Reference | Period | No. |
Albania | 49 | 42 | [10] | 2004–2005 | 496 |
Argentina | 60 | 53 | [11] | 2001 | 1007 |
Australia | 23 | 16 | [12] | 2001 | 308 |
Austria | 42 | 36 | [13] | 1997 | 4601 |
Bahrain | 22 | 16 | [14] | 2005 | 3499 |
Bangladesh | 38 | 38 | [15] | 1995–1996 | 286 |
Belgium | 49 | 42 | [16] | 2004 | 16541 |
Benin | 54 | 47 | [17] | 1993 | 211 |
Brazil | 50 | 50 | [18] | 2012 | 2136 |
Burkina Faso | 25 | 25 | [19] | 2006 | 336 |
Cameroon | 77 | 70 | [20] | 1992 | 1014 |
Canada | 20 | 17 | [21] | 2006 | NA |
Colombia | 54 | 54 | [22] | 2006 | 630 |
Costa Rica | 76 | 76 | [23] | 1996 | 1234 |
Croatia | 29 | 24 | [24] | 2000 | 1109 |
Cuba | 55 | 55 | [25] | 2004 | 526 |
Czech Republic | 20 | 16 | [26] | 2007 | 1053 |
Congo | 60 | 60 | [27] | 1990 | 2897 |
Denmark | 28 | 20 | [28] | 1999 | 89873 |
Egypt | 42 | 36 | [29] | 1995 | 62 |
Estonia | 68.6 | 45 | [30] | 1999–2000 | 1277 |
Ethiopia | 74 | 66 | [31] | 2012 | 1016 |
Finland | 20 | 17 | [32] | 1989 | 16733 |
France | 54 | 47 | [33] | 1995 | 13459 |
Gabon | 71 | 71 | [34] | 1997 | 767 |
Germany | 63 | 50 | [35] | 1999 | 4854 |
Greece | 25 | 21 | [36] | 2004 | 5532 |
Grenada | 57 | 50 | [37] | 2006 | 534 |
Hungary | 45 | 39 | [38] | 2000 | 31759 |
Chile | 39 | 33 | [39] | 1996 | 7536 |
China | 11 | 11 | [40] | 2006 | 235 |
Iceland | 13 | 8 | [30] | 1998 | 440 |
India | 35 | 35 | [41] | 2003 | 180 |
Indonesia | 53 | 46 | [42] | 2006 | 17735 |
Iran | 39 | 33 | [43] | 2007 | 576 |
Iraq | 49 | 42 | [44] | 2002 | 254 |
Ireland | 34 | 25 | [45] | 2008 | 20252 |
Israel | 21 | 17 | [46] | 1989 | 213 |
Italy | 23 | 16 | [47] | 2004 | 3426 |
Jamaica | 57 | 57 | [48] | 1986 | 1604 |
Japan | 10 | 8 | [49] | 2011 | 4466 |
Jordan | 47 | 40 | [50] | 2005 | 280 |
Kuwait | 46 | 53 | [51] | 2002–2005 | 225 |
Lebanon | 62 | 62 | [52] | 2010 | 232 |
Libya | 45 | 34 | [53] | 2007 | 143 |
Lithuania | 40 | 34 | [54] | 1991 | NA |
Macedonia | 22 | 18 | [55] | 2005 | NA |
Madagascar | 84 | 84 | [56] | 1992 | 599 |
Malaysia | 49 | 42 | [57] | 2003 | 200 |
Mexico | 49 | 49 | [58] | 2006 | NA |
Montenegro | 27 | 23 | [55] | NA | NA |
Morocco | 51 | 44 | [59] | 2007 | 2456 |
Mozambique | 19 | 13 | [60] | 2008 | 150 |
Nepal | 55 | 55 | [61] | 1998 | 345 |
Netherlands | 35 | 26 | [62] | 2004 | 7521 |
New Zealand | 35 | 26 | [63] | 2004 | 500 |
Nigeria | 78 | 71 | [64] | 1992 | 352 |
Norway | 11 | 9 | [65] | 1993 | 35940 |
Pakistan | 33 | 28 | [66] | 1997 | 105 |
Papua New Guinea | 18 | 15 | [67] | 1990 | 197 |
Peru | 39 | 33 | [68] | NA | NA |
Poland | 40 | 34 | [69] | 2003 | 4916 |
Portugal | 24 | 17 | [70] | 2011 | 401 |
Qatar | 35 | 30 | [71] | 2005–2008 | 1857 |
South Korea | 4 | 3 | [72] | 2000 | NA |
Romania | 44 | 38 | [73] | 2008 | 184 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 75 | 68 | [74] | 2007 | 499 |
Saudi Arabia | 32 | 27 | [75] | 1991 | 921 |
Senegal | 40 | 34 | [76] | 1993 | 353 |
Serbia | 31 | 26 | [55] | 2007 | 765 |
Singapore | 17 | 14 | [77] | NA | 120 |
Slovakia | 22 | 18 | [78] | 2008 | 656 |
Slovenia | 25 | 21 | [79] | 2002 | 21270 |
Spain | 32 | 23 | [80] | 2004 | 16362 |
Sudan | 42 | 36 | [81] | 2003 | 487 |
Sweden | 18 | 13 | [82] | 2001 | 40978 |
Switzerland | 35 | 26 | [83] | 2006 | NA |
Tanzania | 35 | 35 | [84] | 1991 | 549 |
Thailand | 13 | 11 | [83] | 2001 | 1200 |
Togo | 75 | 68 | [85] | 1991 | 620 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 43 | 43 | [86] | 2008 | 450 |
Tunisia | 43 | 37 | [87] | 1996 | 2231 |
Turkey | 54 | 47 | [88] | 2005 | 1149 |
United Arab Emirates | 23 | 19 | [89] | 1997 | 1503 |
UK | 9 | 6 | [90] | 2005 | 1897 |
USA | 11 | 9 | [91] | 2007 | NA |
Venezuela | 38 | 38 | [92] | 2006 | 446 |
Vietnam | 11 | 9 | [93] | 2003 | 300 |
The second and third column show prevalence of toxoplasmosis and prevalence adjusted to a standard age of 22 years to account for variation in childbearing age in across countries (column 1) using the formula Prevalenceadj = 1−(1−Prevalence)∧(22/childbearing age) [9]. Column 5 shows year(s) when the study was performed and column 6 shows number of women in the sample. For Macedonia, the 2004 WHO data were not available therefore this 30th European country was not included in our data set.