CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 241-251.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2025.02.015

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Overview of the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in Africa

ZHANG Ling1()(), LIU Xingzhuo2, LV Fangli1,2,*()()   

  1. 1 The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, Guangdong, China
    2 Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2024-07-21 Revised:2024-11-06 Online:2025-04-30 Published:2025-02-19
  • Contact: * E-mail:lvfangli@mail.sysu.edu.cn E-mail:15515702419@163.com;lvfangli@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National natural Science Foundation of China(82272366);National natural Science Foundation of China(81971955);Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation General Project(JCYJ20220530145002006);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong province(2021A1515012115);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong province(2019A1515011667);2021 Graduate Education Innovation Plan Projects of Guangdong province(2021SFKC003)

Abstract:

There have been limited research reports on Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in Africa until now. Publications pertaining to the prevalence of T. gondii infection among general populations, prevalence of T. gondii infection among pregnant women, prevalence of T. gondii infection and congenital toxoplasmosis among children, prevalence of T. gondii infection among HIV/AIDS patients and tumor patients, genotypes and geographical distributions of T. gondii strains, and risk factors and route of T. gondii infection in Africa from 2015 to 2024, were retrieved in PubMed using the keywords “Toxoplasma gondii”, “toxoplasmosis”, and “Africa”, so as to provide insights into toxoplasmosis research.

Key words: Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Africa

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