Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Marine Animal Species, as a Potential Source of Food Contamination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Acta parasitologica Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 592 - 605
• Main Authors: Ahmadpour, Ehsan, Rahimi, Mohamad Taghi, Ghojoghi, Altin, Rezaei, Fatemeh, Hatam-Nahavandi, Kareem, Oliveira, Sónia M. R., de Lourdes Pereira, Maria, Majidiani, Hamidreza, Siyadatpanah, Abolghasem, Elhamirad, Samira, Cong, Wei, Pagheh, Abdol Sattar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agglutination; Agglutination Tests; Animal species; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan; Aquatic mammals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Contamination; Data collection; Dolphins; Ecology; Food Contamination; Food sources; Geographical distribution; Immunofluorescence; Infections; Marine animals; Marine mammals; Marine organisms; Medical Microbiology; Meta-analysis; Microbiology; Otters - parasitology; Parasites; Parasitology; Porpoises; Prey; Protozoa; Review; Search engines; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Species; Systematic review; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - diagnosis; Systematic review; Toxoplasmosis; Marine animals; Meta-analysis; Toxoplasma gondii

Purpose Many marine animals are infected and susceptible to toxoplasmosis, which is considered as a potential transmission source of Toxoplasma gondii to other hosts, especially humans. The current systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence of T. gondii infection among sea...