ArticleBMC infectious diseases2018
Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in pets and their owners in Shandong province, Eastern China.
Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence ofOpen veterinary journal · 2026Pooled it
- Seroprevalence ofJournal of veterinary science · 2022Pooled it
- Occurrence ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet dogs in Hunan Province, subtropical China.Parasites, hosts and diseases · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of IgG and IgM Antibodies againstVeterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Apigeninidin chloride disruptsFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Screening of Toxoplasmosis in Owned and Stray Dogs of District Faisalabad, Pakistan through Latex Agglutination and Indirect ELISA.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Molecular detection and dense granule antigen 6 genotyping of felineVeterinary world · 2022Article
- Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in urban cats from China.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- Seroepidemiology ofMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Geospatial epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in livestock, pets, and humans in China, 1984-2020.Parasitology research · 2022Article
- Toxoplasma gondii infection in pet cats and their owners in northeastern China:an important public health concern.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- Article
- Seroprevalence ofParasitology · 2021Article
- The State of Art of Extracellular Traps in Protozoan Infections (Review).Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Frequency ofMicroorganisms · 2020Article
- The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis-Heart Shunt Part II: Prosaic Foods and the Brain-Heart Connection in Alzheimer Disease.Microorganisms · 2020Article
- Prevalence and risk factors profile of seropositive Toxoplasmosis gondii infection among apparently immunocompetent Sudanese women.BMC research notes · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPet ownership in China has been steadily increasing over recent years. However, the risk of pet-associated zoonotic infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii remains poorly defined.
methodsIn a cross-sectional survey, we have determined the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in pet dogs and cats, and pet owners. Serum samples were collected from 360 pets and 460 corresponding pet owners between March 2016 to June 2017, from Shandong province, eastern China. Sera from the animals were tested for anti-T. gondii antibodies using an indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) and from the pet owners using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
resultsAntibodies against T. gondii were detected in 67 of 360 (18.61%) pets. Seroprevalence of T. gondii in pet cats and dogs was 21.67% and 15.56%, respectively. IgG and IgM antibodies were detected in 79 (17.17%) and 4 (0.87%) of pet owners, respectively; with a total of 83 of 460 (18.04%) pet owners testing seropositive for T. gondii. Our seroprevalence data also suggest that cat owners in general and female pet owners in particular could face a higher risk of acquiring T. gondii infection.
conclusionsSignificant levels of anti-T. gondii antibodies were detected in the pets and their owners in Shandong province, eastern China, indicating a potential zoonotic risk. Prophylactic measures should be implemented to reduce the risk of pet owner's exposure to T. gondii infection.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.