In a representative sample of female children and adolescents in Germany, Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 6.3% (95% CI 4.7%-8.0%). With each year of life, the chance of being seropositive increased by 1.2, indicating a strong force of infection. Social status and municipality size were found to be associated with seropositivity.
Keywords: Germany; Toxoplasma gondii; adolescents; children; congenital toxoplasmosis; cross-sectional studies; parasitic diseases; risk factors; seroepidemiologic studies; seroprevalence; toxoplasmosis.