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Table 1 Distribution of data sets by human taeniasis and CE, Ethiopia

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis on prevalence and distribution of Taenia and Echinococcus infections in Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

References

Regions and city administrations

 Tigray

4

6.8

[28, 41,42,43]

 Oromia

8

13.6

[44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51]

 Amhara

11

16.9

[52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62]

 SNNP

12

20.3

[63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74]

 Addis Ababa

16

30.5

[75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90]

 Non-specified by region + immigrants

7

12.1

[91,92,93,94,95,96,97]

Sex of study participants

 Female

12

20.3

[41, 53, 76, 80, 85, 88, 90, 93,94,95,96,97]

 Male

4

6.8

[72, 75, 91, 92]

 Both female and male

42

71.2

[28, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52, 54,55,56,57, 59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71, 73, 74, 77,78,79, 81,82,83,84, 86, 87, 89]

 Not reported

1

1.7

[58]

Study report

 Case report

23

39

[28, 41, 53, 72, 75,76,77, 79,80,81, 83, 85,86,87,88, 90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97]

 Retrospective study

11

18.6

[43, 44, 46, 49, 50, 56, 60, 62, 82, 84, 89]

 Active hospital/clinic data (on spot)

24

40.7

[42, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57,58,59, 61, 63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71, 73, 74, 78, 84]

 Not indicated

1

1.7

[45]

Diagnostic method used

 Parasitology/faecal examination

34

57.6

[42,43,44,45,46,47,48, 50,51,52, 54, 55, 57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69, 71, 73, 74, 78, 84, 89, 96, 97]

 Imaging (ultrasound, CT, x-ray)

18

30.5

[41, 49, 56, 70, 72, 75,76,77, 81,82,83, 86,87,88, 91,92,93, 95]

 Surgery

7

11.9

[28, 53, 79, 80, 85, 90, 94]

Disease category (based on the parasite)

 Taeniasis

35

59.3

[42,43,44,45,46,47,48, 50,51,52, 54, 55, 57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69, 71, 73, 74, 78, 84, 89, 94, 96, 97]

 CE

24

40.7

[28, 41, 49, 53, 56, 70, 72, 75,76,77, 79,80,81,82,83, 85,86,87,88, 90,91,92,93, 95]

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