Prevalence of ocular toxoplasmosis among people living with HIV : a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aim: To determine the prevalence of ocular toxoplasmosis among people living with HIV through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Materials & methods: A literature search was conducted, estimating pooled prevalence and performing quality assessment, outlier, influential and meta-regression analyses. Results: Twenty-nine studies were included in the analysis, revealing that the rate of ocular toxoplasmosis among people living with HIV was 0.37% (95% CI: 0.2-0.6). Substantial heterogeneity was observed among the studies. Despite analyzing continuous variables, including year of publication, proportion of males, mean age and proportion of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, no statistically significant associations were found. Conclusion: This study provides an overview of the prevalence of ocular toxoplasmosis in people living with HIV, emphasizing the need for further research to uncover factors contributing to its development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Future microbiology - (2024) vom: 20. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kantzanou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Kostares, Evangelos [VerfasserIn]
Kostare, Georgia [VerfasserIn]
Boufidou, Fotini [VerfasserIn]
Tzanai, Antzela [VerfasserIn]
Kostares, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Tsakris, Athanasios [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AIDS
HIV
Journal Article
Meta-analysis
Ocular toxoplasmosis
Retinochoroiditis
Review
Toxoplasma gondii

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.2217/fmb-2023-0215

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369969006