Table 1.

List and characteristics of the 14 eligible studies for IPIs among intellectually disabled individuals in Iran, 2020

No.	Authors (Reference)	Year of study	Publication year	Province	Region	Sample size	No. of positive	Prev. (%)	Diagnostic method	QAS
1	Rouhani et al. [31]	1991/1992	1994	Tehran	Center	330	196	59.4	D-F-G	7
2	Mahyar et al. [32]	1998	2000	Qazvin	Center	258	146	56.6	D-F	7
3	Mousavian et al. [33]	2004	2006	Tehran	Center	175	113	64.6	D-F-G	8
4	Sharif et al. [34]	2008	2010	Mazandaran	North	362	95	26.2	D-F-S	7
5	Hazrati Tappeh et al. [35]	2007/2008	2010	Urmia	North-west	225	46	20.4	D-F	8
6	Davari et al. [36]	2011	2011	Ardabil	North-west	216	95	44.0	D-F-S	7
7	Rasti et al. [37]	2006/2007	2012	Isfahan	Center	243	192	79.0	D-F-G	7
8	Shokri et al. [29]	2010	2012	Hormozgan	South	133	64	48.1	D-F-S	6
9	Soosaraei et al. [38]	2009	2014	Golestan	North	196	24	12.2	D-F-S	7
10	Anvari et al. [39]	2014	2015	Yazd	Center	129	55	42.6	D-F-S	6
11	Ahmadi et al. [40]	2013/2014	2015	Mazandaran	North	341	112	32.8	D-F-S-C	7
12	Soleimani et al. [41]	2015	2016	Mazandaran	North	97	5	5.2	D-F	7
13	Saeidnia et al. [42]	2013	2016	Gilan	North	173	51	29.5	D-F-S-C	8
14	Mohammadi et al. [43]	2016/2017	2019	Hormozgan	South	126	69	54.8	D-F-S-C	7

D: Direct wet-mount; F: Formalin-ether; S: Staining (Trichrome and Ziehl–Neelsen); G: Graham test; C: Agar plate culture; Prev.: Prevalence; QAS: Quality assessment score