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. 2014 Mar 24;9(3):e90203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090203

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.