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Table 1 Reported occurrence of taeniosis in southern and eastern Africa: microscopy studies

From: Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa

Country

Period

People tested

People positive

Prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

Species identification

Group studied

Reference

Angola

9/2012-12/2013

344

2

0.58 (0.07–2.1)

N

Children below 5 with diarrhea

[50]

Angola

1/2015-5/2015

230

2

0.87 (0.10–3.1)

N

School children in 16 schools

[51]

Ethiopia

11/1995-4/1996; 6-9/1996

1750

79

4.5 (3.6–5.6)

Ya

Sugar-estate residents

[52]

Ethiopia

3-4/1999; 2/2002

3167

na

< 4 (na)

N

Schoolchildren, peasants and teachers

[53]

Ethiopia

1/2002-2/2002

104

1

0.96 (0.02–5.2)

Ya

HIV/AIDS and HIV-seronegative individuals in a teaching hospital

[54]

Ethiopia

2007–2012

32191

322

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

N

Rural hospital visiters

[55]

Ethiopia

5/2007-6/2007

419

na

1.4 (na)

N

na

[56]

Ethiopia

12/2007-2/2008

7171

23

0.32 (0.20–0.48)

N

Visitors of health centers

[57]

Ethiopia

8/2008-12/2008

343

14

4.1 (2.2–6.8)

N

HIV patients recruited at hospital

[58]

Ethiopia

11/2008

121

5

4.1 (1.4–9.4)

N

Prison inmates

[59]

Ethiopia

11/2008

115

1

0.87 (0.02–4.7)

N

Tobacco farm workers

[59]

Ethiopia

4/2009

384

5

1.3 (0.4–3.0)

N

Food handlers

[60]

Ethiopia

9/2010-7/2011

858

18

2.1 (1.2–3.3)

N

Highland and lowland dwellers

[61]

Ethiopia

1/2011-6/2011

200

1

0.5 (0.01–2.8)

N

Food handlers

[62]

Ethiopia

3/2012-11/2012

260

1

0.38 (0.01–2.12)

N

Children recruited in Health Center

[63]

Ethiopia

1/2013-5/2013

172

5

2.9 (1.0–6.7)

N

Asymptomatic food handlers

[64]

Ethiopia

8/2013-11/2013

180

2

1.1 (0.13–4.0)

N

HAART initiated and naive paediatric HIV patients

[65]

Ethiopia

1/2015-2/2015

503

13

2.6 (1.4–4.4)

N

School children from 5 schools

[66]

Ethiopia

1/2016-8/2016

213

5

2.3 (0.8–5.4)

N

Active pulmonary TB patients

[67]

Ethiopia

na

1537

na

8.1 (na)

Ya

Participants from 19 communities, includes children and adults

[23]

Ethiopia

na

491

12

2.4 (1.3–4.2)

N

Villagers

[68]

Kenya

2000–2009

31

1

3.2 (0.08–16.7)

N

Sleeping sickness patients

[69]

Kenya

7/2010-7/2012

2057

na

0.20 (na)

N

na

[22]

Kenya

8/2010-7/2012

2113

na

0.30 (0–0.5)

N

Mixed-farming community

[26]

Kenya

na

285

na

5.3 (na)

N

HIV-positive patients

[70]

Kenya

na

151

0

0 (0–2.4)

N

Geophagous pregnant women

[24]

Madagascar

11/1996-1/1997

401

3

0.75 (0.15–2.2)

N

Patients referred for parasitological examination

[71]

South Africa

2009

na

2

na

N

Laboratory results

[72]

South Africa

2009

na

4

na

Y

Laboratory results

[72]

South Africa

4/2009-9/2009

162

3

1.9 (0.4–5.3)

N

School children

[73]

South Africa

2010

na

11

na

Y

Laboratory results

[72]

South Africa

2010

na

1

na

N

Laboratory results

[72]

South Africa

na

183

3

1.6 (0.3–4.7)

N

Rural black preschool children

[74]

Tanzania

2008–2009

1057

3

0.30 (0.06–0.8)

Yb

Villagers, after treatment with niclosamide/praziquantel and purgation

[75]

Uganda

na

5313

36

0.70 (0.5–0.9)

N

Primary school children

[76]

Zambia

6/2007-8/2007

403

na

0.90 (na)

N

School children

[77]

  1. aReported as T. saginata, yet unclear from methodology
  2. bConfirmed by PCR
  3. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; na, not available; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy