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Table 1 Results of carcase examination for Taenia solium and Taenia hydatigena cysticerci and of B158/B60 monoclonal antibody-based antigen detecting enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA) from 350 slaughter-age pigs in Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts in Tanzania

From: Performance of Ag-ELISA in the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Tanzania

Carcase examination results

Ag-ELISA result

n

T. solium-infected

T. hydatigena-infected

+

+

+

0

+

−

+

24

−

+

+

7

−

−

+

37

+

−

−

5

−

+

−

4

−

−

−

273

  1. Abbreviations: n, number of pigs; +, positive result; −, negative result