Seroprevalence estimates for toxocariasis in people worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Ali Rostami ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alirostami1984@gmail.com (AR); robinbg@unimelb.edu.au (RBG)

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran, Immunoregulation Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-1321

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• Seyed Mohammad Riahi,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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• Celia V. Holland,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Ali Taghipour,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohsen Khalili-Fomeshi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-747X

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• Yadolah Fakhri,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Vahid Fallah Omrani,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Peter J. Hotez,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America

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• Robin B. Gasser

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alirostami1984@gmail.com (AR); robinbg@unimelb.edu.au (RBG)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-1690

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