Meta-analysis of the relationship between Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women and the related incentives
WEI Hai-xia1, LI Xue-lan1, ZHANG Hao2, PENG Hong-Juan 1
1.Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Higher Institutes/Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; 2.Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University. Guangzhou 510515, China
Abstract：The aim of the present study is to analyze the relationship between pet exposure or raw meat ingestion habit and Toxoplasma gondii infection in the pregnant women. We searchedinformation of the related incentives for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women from multiple databases regardless the languages. Meta-analysis was performed with StataSE software. Results showed that Toxoplasma gondii infection rate was higher in the pet exposure group than that in the non-exposure group; the odds ratio (OR) value was 2.35 and the 95% confident interval (95%CI) was 1.68 to 3.28. In raw meat ingestion customary group, Toxoplasma gondii infection rate was also high; OR value was 1.68 and the 95%CI was 1.40 to 2.01. It's suggested that pet exposure and raw meat ingestion habit are important risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women.
魏海霞, 李雪兰, 张浩, 彭鸿娟. 孕妇弓形虫感染相关诱因的Meta分析[J]. 中国人兽共患病学报, 2013, 29(12): 1177-1180.
WEI Hai-xia, LI Xue-lan, ZHANG Hao, PENG Hong-Juan . Meta-analysis of the relationship between Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women and the related incentives. Chinese Journal of Zoonoses, 2013, 29(12): 1177-1180.
2013, Vol. 29 
