Table 2.

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in African countries

Country	Sample size	Region	Assay	Seroprevalence IgG (%)	Reference
Eastern
Ethiopia	201	Jimma	ELISA	83.6	Zemene et al. (2012)
Madagascar	599	Antananarivo	ELISA	83.5	Lelong et al. (1995)
Tanzania	350	Mwanza	ELISA	30.9	Mwambe et al. (2013)
Eritrea, Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Malawi, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe Zambia, the Seychelles—no data found
Southern
Botswana			ELISA	11	Jacobs and Mason (1978)
South Africa	2,308	Cape town	ELISA	22.3	Capretti et al. (2014)
Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland—no data found
Central
Congo	2,897	Congo	ELISA	60	Makuwa et al. (1992)
Rwanda	NA	Rwanda (rural)	ELISA	50	Gascon et al. (1989)
Central Africa Republic	1,953	Bangui	ELISA	50.6	Morvan et al. (1999)
Burundi, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabonese Republic, and São Tomé and Príncipe—no data found
Western
Gabon	767	Gabon	ELISA	71	Nabias et al. (1998)
Mali	760	Mali	HAT	27	Ouologuem et al. (2013)
Benin	113	Benin	ELISA	53.6	Rodier et al. (1995)
Senegal	70	Guediawaye	ELISA	40	Ndir et al. (2004)
Nigeria	352	Lagos	ELISA	78	Onadeko et al. (1992)
Côte d’Ivoire	1,025	Abidjan	IFT	60
Guinea	197	Port Moresby	ELISA	18	Klufio et al. (1993)
Uganda	130	Uganda	ELISA	54	Lindstrom et al. (2006)
Cameroon	192	Yaounde	ELISA	77.1	Ndumbe et al. (1992)
Kenya	94	Nairobi	ELISA	54	Brindle et al. (1991)
Angola	707	Angola	ELISA	71.43	Lopez et al. (1992)
Sao Tome and Principe	499	DRSTP	ELISA	75.2	Hung et al. (2007)
Somalia	NA	Mogadishu.	ELISA	56	Ahmed et al. (1988)
Zambia				54	Watts et al. (1984)
Zimbabwe	NA			18.7	Watts et al. (1984)
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Sierra Leone—no data found