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Table 2 Presence of Taenia solium cysticercosis recorded in African countries from 1985 to 2014. Taenia solium taeniosis was not confirmed unless otherwise stated

From: Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa

Country

Porcine cysticercosis

Taeniosis

Human cysticercosis

No of References

Angola

 

[57]

 

1

Benin

[58]

 

[5961]

4

Burkina Faso

[62]

 

[6369]

8

Burundi

[70]

[70]

[41, 7073]

5

Cameroon

[7478]

[79, 80]a

[79, 8187]

7

Central African Republic

  

[88]

1

Chad

[78]

  

1

Côte d’Ivoire

 

[24]

 

1

Democratic Republic of Congo

[89, 90]

[38]

[38]

3

Egypt

[91]

  

1

Gabon

  

[92]

1

Gambia

[93]

  

1

Ghana

[94]

 

[95]

2

Guinea-Bissau

 

[96, 97]

 

2

Kenya

[30, 98100]

 

[95, 101]

6

Madagascar

[102104]

[105]

[106111]

10

Malawi

  

[18, 112]

2

Mali

  

[113]

1

Mozambique

[51, 114, 115]

[116]a

[116118]

6

Namibia

 

[25]

 

1

Nigeria

[119123]

[120, 123127]

[40, 128, 129]

12

Rwanda

  

[130]

1

Senegal

[93]

[131, 132]

[132]

3

South Africa

[55]

[133, 134]

[95, 133, 135140]

10

Tanzania

[28, 29, 31, 141150]

[39, 151]a

[39, 95, 152156]

21

Togo

[157]

[157]

[158161]

5

Uganda

[162167]

[168]

[95, 169]

9

Zambia

[4, 52, 170172]

[36, 173175]

[36, 42, 173, 174, 176, 177]

12

Zimbabwe

[178]

 

[179, 180]

3

  1. a Confirmed Taenia solium taeniosis cases