Latent Toxoplasmosis among Breast Cancer Patients in Jahrom, South of Iran

Table 2

Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in women reported by previous studies from Fars Province, Iran.

Author	Year	Study city	Study population	Age (range or )	Sample size (n)	Infected (, %)	Variables significantly associated with Toxocara infection
Davami et al. [31]	2013	Jahrom	Women who intend to marry	11–45 years	403	IgG (52, 13%), IgM (8, 2%)	No significant correlation
Maani et al. [25]	2022	Jahrom	Pregnant women who were in the first trimester of pregnancy	years	370	IgG (109, 29.5%), IgM (2, 0.5%)	A significant relationship between the frequency of IgG and the number of children (mothers with three children) was observed ()
Norouzi et al. [28]	2017	Shiraz	Pregnant women	15–45 years	2000	IgG (172, 8.6%), IgM (4, 0.2%), both IgG/IgM (1, 0.05%)	A significant relationship between the frequency of IgG and first trimesters of pregnancy was observed ()
Taghizadeh et al. [29]	2017	Shiraz	Female university students	years	503	IgG (37, 7.4%), IgM (7, 1.4%), both IgG/IgM (1, 0.2%)	No significant correlation
Hatam et al. [30]	2005	Fasa	High school girls	14–19 years	947	IgG (96, 10%)	No significant correlation