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Table 3 Prevalence of bovine or buffalo cysticercosis

From: Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Country

Time-frame

Location of study

No. of positive animals/No. of animals tested

Prevalence (95% CI)

Diagnostic technique

Reference

Egypt

01/1994–12/1997

All official abattoirs

4885/2,124,629

0.2a (0.2-0.2)

Meat inspection

[26]

36,201/499,610

7.3b (7.1-7.3)

4902/3,536,743

0.1c (0.1–0.1)

Egypt

05/2006–06/2007

Assiut Governorate

8/510

1.6d (0.7-3.0)

Meat inspection

[29]

2/268

0.7c (0.1-2.7)

Egypt

09/2014–05/2015

El-Minia Governorate

20/100

20.0d (12.7–29.1)

Meat inspection

[114]

Egypt

na

Cairo Governorate

3/75

4.0d (0.8–11.2)

Meat inspection

[115]

22/75

29.3d (19.4–41.0)

Ab-ELISA

Egypt

03/2010–02/2013

Gharbia Governorate

50/11,281

0.4d (0.3–0.6)

Meat inspection

[116]

24/19,089

0.1c (0.08–0.2)

Egypt

01/2014–12/2014

Qalyubia Governorate

313/3450

9.1c (1.0–10.0)

Meat inspection and molecular confirmation

[24]

Egypt

08/2015–07/2016

Aswan Governorate

3433/45,780

7.5d (7.3-7.7)

Meat inspection

[27]

3/223

1.3c (0.3-3.9)

Israel

1973–2007

Marbek Abattoir, Qiryat Mal’akhi

2568/629,549

0.4 (0.4–0.4)

Meat inspection

[28]

  1. aNative cattle
  2. bImported cattle
  3. cBuffaloes
  4. dCattle
  5. Abbreviations: na, not available; CI, confidence interval