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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 |
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