Toxoplasma gondii Infections and Associated Factors in Female Children and Adolescents, Germany

Abstract

In a representative sample of female children and adolescents in Germany, Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 6.3% (95% CI 4.7%–8.0%). With each year of life, the chance of being seropositive increased by 1.2, indicating a strong force of infection. Social status and municipality size were found to be associated with seropositivity.

Keywords

• Toxoplasma gondii
• toxoplasmosis
• seroprevalence
• seroepidemiologic studies
• parasitic diseases
• congenital toxoplasmosis