Table 3.
The prevalence of Toxocara ova from different places of world (1980–2011)
| Places | No. of samples | Prevalence (%) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey, USA | 629 | 0.4 | Surgan et al. 1980 |
| Maryland, USA | 146 | 11 | Childs 1985 |
| Michigan, USA | 114 | 22 | Ludlam and Platt 1989 |
| CT, USA | 319 | 14.40 | Chorazy and Richardson 2005 |
| Michigan, USA | 114 | 22 | Karen et al. 1989 |
| London, UK | 503 | 66 | Snow et al. 1987 |
| London, UK | 521 | 6.3 | Gillespie et al. 1991 |
| NS, Canada | 567 | 2.30 | Gualazzi et al. 1986 |
| Victoria, Australia | 180 | 0.55 | Franzco et al. 2003 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 108 | 1 | Carden et al. 2003 |
| Perth, Australia | 66 | 0 | Dunsmore et al. 1984 |
| Utrecht, Netherlands | 108 | 7 | Jansen et al. 1993 |
| Dublin, Ireland | 53 | 6 | Holland et al. 1991 |
| Dublin, Ireland | 228 | 15 | O’Lorcain 1994 |
| Havana city, Cuba | 45 | 42.2 | Dumenigo and Galvez. 1995 |
| Mexico city, Mexico | 145 | 12.5 | Vasquez et al. 1996 |
| Mexicali, Mexico | 32 | 62.5 | Gracia et al. 2007 |
| Heliopolis, Egypt | 600 | 30.3 | Oteifa and Moustafa 1997 |
| Songkhla, Thailand | 102 | 19 | Uga et al. 1997 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 45.5 | Loh and Israf 1998 |
| Kualalumpur, Malaysia | 89 | 1 | Uga et al. 1996 |
| Surabaya, Indonesia | 223 | 17 | Uga et al. 1995 |
| Madrid, Spain | 175 | 9.71 | Angulo et al. 1987 |
| Salamanca, Spain | 263 | 6.6 | Simon and Conde 1987 |
| Salamanca, Spain | 698 | 4.5 | Conde et al. 1989 |
| Murcia, Spain | 644 | 1.24 | Ruiz de Ybanez et al. 2001 |
| Argentina | 475 | 2.80 | Alonso et al. 2001 |
| Amman, Jordan | 226 | 15.48 | Abo Shehada 1989 |
| Minas Gerais, Brazil | 23 | 17.40 | Guimaraes et al. 2005 |
| Sorocaba, Brazil | 30 | 53.0 | Coelho et al. 2001 |
| Cambo Grande, Brazil | 74 | 20 | de Araujo et al. 1999 |
| Saopolo, Brazil | 120 | 17.5 | Santarem et al. 1998 |
| Saopolo, Brazil | Queiroz et al. 2006 | ||
| Saopolo, Brazil | 31 | 29 | Santarém et al. 2008 |
| Aracatuba, Brazil | 535 | 0 | Nunes et al. 2000 |
| Seropedica, Brazil | 25 | 8 | Mandarino-Pereira et al. 2010 |
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | 200 | 24 | Valkounova 1982 |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 562 | 87.10 | Duwel 1984 |
| Warnemunde, Germany | 126 | 2 | Schottler 1997 |
| Tokushima, Japan | 46 | 63.30 | Shimizu 1993 |
| Osaka, Japan | 40 | 75 | Abe and Yasukawa 1997 |
| Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | 13 | 100 | Uga 1993 |
| Sapparo, Japan | 107 | 8.41 | Matsuo and Nakashio 2005 |
| Basrah, Iraq | 180 | 12.20 | Mahdi and Ali 1993 |
| Konya, Turkey | 48 | 4.16 | Guclu and Aydenizoz 1998 |
| Ankara, Turkey | 170 | 30.60 | Oge and Oge 2000 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 132 | 8.33 | Toparlak et al. 2002 |
| Elazir, Turkey | 744 | 3.22 | Kaplan et al. 2002 |
| Van, Turkey | 107 | 25.97 | Ayaz et al. 2003 |
| Aydin, Turkey | 111 | 18.91 | Gurel et al. 2005 |
| Kirikkale, Turkey | 480 | 15.60 | Aydenizoz Ozkayhan 2006 |
| Ankara, Turkey | 259 | 15.05 | Avcioglu and Burgu 2008 |
| Erzurum, Turkey | 214 | 64.28 | Avcioglu and Balkaya 2011 |
| Poznani, Poland | 534 | 10 | Mizgajska 1997 |
| Krakow, Poland | 160 | 23 | Mizgajska 2000 |
| Poznani, Poland | 112 | 6.3 | Masnik 2000 |
| Elblag, Poland | 72 | 14 | Jarosz 2001 |
| Gdansk, Poland | 162 | 13 | Rokicki et al. 2007 |
| Wroclaw, Poland | 100 | 6 | Mizgajska 1999 |
| Kolaczkowo, Poland | 200 | 14.5 | Jarosz et al. 2010 |
| Ancona, Italy | 22 | 14 | Giacometti et al. 2000 |
| Marche Region, Italy | 6 | 50 | Habluetzel et al. 2003 |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 122 | 23 | Rai et al. 2000 |
| BuenosAires, Argentina | 242 | 13.2 | Fonrouge et al. 2000 |
| Shiraz, Iran | 112 | 6.3 | Motazedian et al. 2006 |
| Santiago, Chile | 288 | 13.5 | Castillo et al. 2000 |
| Bogota, Columbia | 376 | 5.8 | Polo Terán et al. 2007 |
| Eastern Nigeria | 400 | 42.5 | Chiejna and Ekwe 1986 |
| Kaduna, Nigeria | 608 | 50.4 | Maikai et al. 2008 |
| Madras, India | 527 | 18.41 | Gunaseelan et al. 1985 |
| Calcutta, India | 450 | 7.25 | Biswas et al. 1986 |
| Punjab, India | 208 | 19.71 | Singh et al. 1997 |
| Andhra Pradesh, India | 168 | 6.5 | Kumar and Hafeez 1998 |
| Chandigarh, India | 120 | 4.16 | Grover et al. 2000 |
| Bangalore, India | 208 | 23 | D’Souza et al. 2002 |
| Assam, India | 130 | 6.12 | Singh et al. 2004 |
| Pondicherry, India | 816 | 2.21 | Das et al. 2009 |
| Chennai, India | 105 | 4.75 | Present study |