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Table 1 Reported prevalence of human Taenia saginata taeniosis in East, Southeast and South Asia

From: Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in East, Southeast and South Asia

Country

Period

Group studied

Prevalence (%) (95% CI)

Range of regional prevalence (regional coverage)a

Reported species

References

Afghanistan

2011–2014

Soldiers (n = 110); hospitalized (n =1329); students (n =1869)

1.39 (1.03–1.87)

0.62–1.43 (+)

Taenia spp.

[52, 53]

Cambodia

2006–2011

Schoolchildren (n = 27716); adults (n = 7309)

0.45 (0.38–0.52)

0–2.34 (++)

T. saginata (90.5%); T. solium (9.5%)

[12, 13]

China

2001–2004

National survey on taeniosis and cysticercosis (n = 356629)

0.28 (0.26–0.30)

Nationwide survey (+)

Taenia spp.

[45, 54,55,56,57]

India

2004–2013

Children (n = 3992); adults (n = 362)

3.84 (3.29–4.46)

0.68–4.63 (−)

T. saginata

[29, 30, 58,59,60]

Indonesia

1996–2006

Residents (n = 2906)

4.68 (3.95–5.53)

0–22.50 (+)

T. saginata

[25, 61, 62]

Japan

1995–2010

na

0

na

T. saginata

[17, 18, 23]

Lao PDR

2000–2013

Residents (n = 58006)

1.56 (1.45–1.65)

1.56–11.50 (+)

T. saginata

[63,64,65,66,67]

Malaysia

2001; 2013

Schoolchildren (n = 111); residents (n = 110)

1.81 (0.58–4.88)

0.90–2.73 (−)

Taenia spp.

[68, 69]

Mongolia

1998

Adult farmers (n = 206)

0.49 (0.03–3.09)

(-)

T. saginata

[70]

Nepal

2007–2012;

Schoolchildren (n = 503);

4.37 (2.83–6.65)

1.75–4.71 (+)

T. saginata

[42, 71,72,73]

2011–2012

Schoolchildren (n = 1704)

0.41 (0.18–0.88)

0.22–1.30 (−)

Taenia spp.

Pakistan

2006–2014

Residents and schoolchildren (n = 5247)

7.01 (6.34–7.75)

0.21–12.35 (++)

T. saginata

[31,32,33,34, 74, 75]

Philippines

2005; 2011

Schoolchildren (n = 259), residents (n = 549)

33.71 (30.46–37.11)

15.10–42.57 (-)

T. saginata

[76, 77]

South Korea

1997; 2004 –2011

Residents (n = 782), national survey (n = 45832)

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

0.02–0.51 (−)

T. saginata; Taenia spp.

[78, 79]

Thailand

2004–2013

Residents (n = 1343), schoolchildren (n = 1920)

0.31 (0.16–0.58)

0.30–1.60 (+)

T. saginata

[41, 80,81,82,83]

Vietnam

2015

Residents (n = 342)

5.85 (3.70–9.03)

0.20–12.0 (++)

T. saginata (45.3%); T. asiatica (49.7%); T. solium (5.0%)

[14,15,16, 22]

  1. aRegional coverage is indicated in parentheses:-, poor; +, < 50% of the national territory; ++, > 50% of the national territory); for details see Fig. 2 and extracted data in Additional file 2: Text S1
  2. na, not available; CI, confidence interval