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Table 1 Reported occurrence of taeniosis in West and Central Africa

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

Country

Study period

n

n+

%

95% CI

Species

Groups studied

Reference

Burkina Faso

na

1587

na

2.1

na

N

Community volunteers

[39]

Cameroon

08/1999–04/2000

3109

1

0.03

0.006–0.18

Ya

Community volunteers

[35]

Cameroon

03/2012–07/2012

396

na

0.25

na

N

Patients consulting hospital

[40]

Cameroon

na

163

2

1.2

0.3–4.4

N

Pre-school-age children

[41]

DR Congo

03/04/2014–07/06/2018

602

40

6.6

4.9–8.9

Yb

School children (6–20 years)

[42]

Guinea

04/1995–06/1995

800

na

3.8

na

N

Children (10–14 years)

[43]

Nigeria

01/02/1997–31/01/1998

816

8

1.0

0.50–1.9

N

Pregnant women

[44]

Nigeria

07/02/1998–31/12/1998

129

3

2.3

0.8–6.6

Yb

Patients with complaints of upper abdominal pain, tenderness and indigestion

[45]

Nigeria

03/2000–09/2000

500

16

3.2

2.0–5.1

N

Schoolchildren

[46]

Nigeria

1/11/2003–30/1/2004

60

2

3.3

0.9–11.4

Yb

Children (2–6 years) attending clinic

[47]

Nigeria

11/2004–02/2005

232

23

9.9

6.7–14.4

N

Primary schoolchildren

[48]

Nigeria

01/2005–05/2005

309

5

1.6

[0.7; 3.7]

N

Schoolchildren

[49]

Nigeria

06/2005–11/2006

1059

102

9.6

8.0–11.6

N

Schoolchildren

[50]

Nigeria

10/2005–03/2006

119

1

0.8

0.2–4.6

N

Outpatients health institutions

[51]

Nigeria

1/2006–09/2006

73

24

32.9

23.2–44.3

N

Rural schoolchildren

[17]

Nigeria

1/2006–09/2006

171

19

11.1

7.2–16.7

N

Suburban schoolchildren

[17]

Nigeria

01/2006–09/2006

283

na

23.0

na

N

Primary schoolchildren

[19]

Nigeria

06/2006–11/2006

818

4

0.5

0.2–1.3

N

Hospital patients

[52]

Nigeria

01/2007–03/2007

250

1

0.4

0.07–2.2

N

Schoolchildren

[53]

Nigeria

07/2007–08/2007

100

13

13.0

7.8–21.0

N

Sampling in hostels (faeces sampling in toilets, not from individual participants)

[54]

Nigeria

08/2007–08/2009

500

0

0

0–0.8

N

HIV-negative enrolled via HIV outreach programme (in houses and offices)

[18]

Nigeria

08/2007–08/2009

2000

4

0.2

0.08–0.5

N

HIV-positive patients attending clinic

[18]

Nigeria

01/2008–08/2008

50

4

8

3.2–18.8

N

Villagers

[32]

Nigeria

05/2009–07/2009

122

2

1.6

0.5–5.8

N

Abattoir workers

[55]

Nigeria

05/2009–07/2009

98

na

0

na

N

Control populations

[55]

Nigeria

08/2010–12/2010

600

19

3.2

2.0–4.9

N

Schoolchildren

[56]

Nigeria

01/2011–12/2011

3826

na

0.89

na

N

Primary schoolchildren

[57]

Nigeria

06/2011–11/2011

220

na

5

na

N

Schoolchildren aged 1–15 years

[58]

Nigeria

06/2012–12/2012

116

10

8.6

4.7–15.1

Yb

Food vendors

[59]

Nigeria

09/2012–01/2013

717

5

0.7

0.3–1.6

N

Samples from polio surveillance programme

[60]

Nigeria

02/2014–06/2014

167

84

50.3

42.8–57.8

N

Pre-school-age children

[20]

Nigeria

07/2014–11/2014

112

3

2.7

0.9–7.6

N

Community volunteers

[61]

Nigeria

na

750

16

2.1

1.3–3.4

N

Women (child up to senior)

[62]

Nigeria

na

471

1

0.2

0.04–1.2

N

Primary schoolchildren

[63]

Nigeria

na

96

1

1

0.2–5.7

N

HIV patients

[64]

Nigeria

na

168

8

4.8

2.4–9.1

N

Food vendors

[65]

Nigeria

na

296

11

3.7

2.1–6.5

N

Villagers

[66]

Nigeria

na

162

2

1.2

0.3–4.4

N

Primary schoolchildren

[67]

Nigeria

na

400

12

3.0

1.7–5.2

N

Primary schoolchildren

[68]

Nigeria

na

416

45

10.8

8.2–14.2

N

Nursery and primary school children

[69]

Senegal

04/1997

400

na

3.5

na

N

Schoolchildren

[70]

Senegal

2004

na

na

4.6

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

Senegal

2005

na

na

5.6

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

Senegal

2006

na

na

4.0

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

Senegal

2007

na

na

7.0

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

Senegal

2008

na

na

5.5

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

Senegal

2009

na

na

4.1

na

N

Routine analyses at parasitology laboratory

[71]

  1. aSpecies identification based on expelled worm
  2. bReported as Taenia saginata, yet unclear from methodology how species identification was done
  3. Abbreviations: n, number of individuals tested; n+, number of positive individuals; CI, confidence interval; na, not available; Y, yes; N, no