Toxocariasis and Epilepsy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

spp. seropositivity and to propose some guidelines for future surveys.) and the reference lists of all relevant papers and books were screened up to October 2011.We performed a systematic review of literature on toxocariasis (the exposure) and epilepsy (the outcome). Two authors independently assessed eligibility and study quality and extracted data. A common odds ratio (OR) was estimated using a random-effects meta-analysis model of aggregated published data. spp. seropositivity was statistically significant in only 4 studies, with crude ORs ranging 2.04–2.85. Another study bordered statistical significance, while in 2 of the included studies no significant association was found. A significant (p