Toxoplasmosis in Pregnant Women and HIV/AIDS Patients in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

The baseline characteristics of the studies included in this literature search.

Author	Publication Year	Study area	Study group	No of cases	Total sample size	Sero-prevalence	Age range	Serologic test	Ref
Shimelis T.	2009	Addis Ababa	HIV/AIDS patients	154	165	93.3%	20–66	ELISA	[8]
Zemene E.	2012	Jimma town	Pregnant women	168	201	83.6%	17–35	ELISA	[3]
Walle F.	2013	Bahir Dar	HIV/AIDS patients	101	103	87.4%	NA	ELISA	[9]
Alem H.	2013	Addis Ababa (Tikur Anbesa Hospital)	HIV/AIDS patients	141	150	94.0%	NA	ELISA	[10]
Endris M.	2013	University of Gondar Hospital	HIV/AIDS patients	130	170	76.5%	NA	LAT	[6]
Hailu A.	2014	Ethiopia selected areas	HIV/AIDS patients	178	190	93.6%	NA	ELISA	[11]
Yohanes T.	2014	Arba Minch Hospital	HIV/AIDS patients	150	170	88.2%	NA	ELISA	[12]
Hailu A.	2014	Ethiopia selected areas	Pregnant women	256	293	87.3%	NA	ELISA	[11]
Endris M.	2014	University of Gondar Hospital	Pregnant women	341	385	88.6%	NA	LAT	[6]
Gelaye W.	2015	Addis Ababa	Pregnant women	246	288	85.4%	18–42	LAT	[4]
Awoke K.	2015	Felegehiwot Hospital, Bahir dar	Pregnant women	71	384	18.5%	NA	LAT	[5]
Agmas B.	2015	Debre Tabor Hospital	Pregnant women	180	263	68.4%	18–44	LAT	[1]
Mohammed K.	2015	Mettu Karl Hospital	HIV/AIDS patients	72	120	60.0%	NA	LAT	[13]
Abamecha F.	2016	Mizan Aman Hospital	Pregnant women	198	232	85.3%	NA	ELISA	[7]
Tegegne D.	2016	Agaro town	HIV/AIDS patients	109	135	80.7%	NA	LAT	[14]
Negero J.	2017	Bonga Hospital	Pregnant women	159	210	75.7%	15–44	LAT	[15]
Negussie A.	2017	Jigjiga Hospital	Pregnant women	105	301	34.9%	NA	LAT	[2]
Jejaw A.	2017	Mizan Aman Hospital	HIV/AIDS patients	261	270	96.7%	18–49	ELISA	[16]

NA: not applicable.