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Table 6 Reported occurrence of bovine cysticercosis in southern and eastern Africa: meat inspection studies

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

Country

Period

Animals tested

Animals positive

Prevalence (%)

(95% CI)

Reference

Botswana

1995

na

na

na (9.1–12.6)

[80]

Ethiopia

9/2004-8/2005

11,227

842

7.5 (7.0–8.0)

[81]

Ethiopia

9/2005-2/2007

4456

824

18.5 (17.4–19.7)

[82]

Ethiopia

10/2005-4/2006

400

105

26.3 (22.0–30.9)

[83]

Ethiopia

12/2006-7/2007

3711

308

8.3 (7.4–9.2)

[34]

Ethiopia

10/2007-3/2008

512

15

2.9 (1.6–4.8)

[84]

Ethiopia

11/2007-4/2008

415

47

11.3 (8.4–14.8)

[45]

Ethiopia

12/2007-2/2008

1023

74

7.2 (5.7–9.0)

[57]

Ethiopia

11/2008-3/2009

500

22

4.4 (2.8–6.6)

[46]

Ethiopia

10/2009-9/2010

898

177

19.7 (17.2–22.5)

[16]

Ethiopia

11/2009-3/2011

400

48

12 (9.0–15.6)

[47]

Ethiopia

2010

12,708

669

5.3 (4.9–5.7)

[37]

Ethiopia

9/2010-9/2012

3055

126 organs

na

[35]

Ethiopia

2011

34,674

3259

9.4 (9.1–9.7)

[37]

Ethiopia

2012

10,363

803

7.7 (7.2–8.3)

[37]

Ethiopia

10/2012-4/2013

745

21 organs

na

[35]

Ethiopia

2013

5172

247

4.8 (4.2–5.4)

[37]

Ethiopia

11/2013-4/2014

384

10

2.6 (1.3–4.7)

[15]

Ethiopia

11/2013-5/2014

3675

40 organs

na

[36]

Ethiopia

05/2014-6/2014

439

23

5.2 (3.3–7.8)

[85]

Ethiopia

12/2014-4/2015

384

10

2.6 (1.3–4.7)

[49]

Ethiopia

na

522

39

7.4 (5.4–10.1)

[33]

Ethiopia

na

1022

64

6.3 (4.9–7.9)

[17]

Ethiopia

na

1216

na

4.6 (na)

[48]

Kenya

1974

77,810

6784

8.8 (8.5–8.9)

[86]

Kenya

1975–1978

na

na

< 6.0 (na)

[86]

Kenya

1979–1983

na

na

< 4.0 (na)

[86]

Kenya

1984

na

na

1.8 (na)

[86]

Kenya

1985–1990

na

na

< 2.0 (na)

[86]

Kenya

1991

315,801

3457

1.1 (1.06–1.13)

[86]

Kenya

9/2006-1/2007

188

6

3.2 (1.2–6.8)

[87]

Kenya

na

511

39

7.6 (5.5–10.3)

[88]

Kenya

na

1184

189

16.0 (13.9–18.2)

[32]

Namibia

2000

12,204

973

8.0 (7.5–8.5)

[89]

Namibia

2001

7888

713

9.0 (8.4–9.7)

[89]

Namibia

2002

10,561

798

7.6 (7.1–8.1)

[89]

Namibia

2003

4411

347

7.9 (7.1–8.7)

[89]

Namibia

2004

5309

401

7.6 (6.9–8.3)

[89]

Namibia

2006

7085

435

6.1 (5.6–6.7)

[89]

Namibia

2006

71,388

243

0.34 (0.30–0.39)

[89]

South Africa

2009–2011

1,022,556

24,443

2.39 (2.36–2.42)

[90]

South Africa

2010

356,006

2169

0.61 (0.58–0.64)

[91]

South Africa

2011

349,458

2389

0.68 (0.66–071)

[91]

South Africa

2012

348,309

1980

0.57 (0.54–0.59)

[91]

South Africa

2013

361,232

3382

0.94 (0.91–0.97)

[91]

Tanzania

1987–1989

42,434

na

16.4 (na)

[92]

Tanzania

1/2002-4/2004

12,444

185

1.5 (1.3–1.7)

[93]

Tanzania

2005

na

19

0.06 (na)

[94]

Tanzania

2006

na

24

0.06 (na)

[94]

Tanzania

2007

na

16

0.04 (na)

[94]

Tanzania

2010

27,444

20 organs

na

[30]

Tanzania

2/2010-1/2011

30,713

18 organs

na

[95]

Tanzania

2011

30,671

0 organs

na

[30]

Tanzania

2012

27,865

6 organs

na

[30]

Tanzania

12/2013

2438

1 and 0.1% organs

na

[30]

Tanzania

na

na

21

na

[96]

Zambia

2000

4629

1

0.02 (0.0005–0.12)

[31]

Zambia

2001

9422

0

0 (0–0.04)

[31]

Zambia

2002

10,147

2

0.02 (0.002–0.07)

[31]

Zambia

2003

11,519

2

0.02 (0.002–0.06)

[31]

Zimbabwe

1/2006-12/2007

86,080

1364

1.6 (1.5–1.7)

[97]

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; na, not available