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Table 4 Overall pooled prevalence of Taenia and Echinococcus infections in intermediate and final hosts, Ethiopia

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

Characteristics

Number of dataset

Pooled effect

Heterogeneity

Sample size

Infected

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Cochran’s Q

I2 (%)

P-value

CE

111

96,940

17,971

22

18–26

24,420.65

100

0.000

 Cattle

64

52,081

14,248

25.5

22.2–28.9

4829.374

98.695

0.000

 Sheep

24

15,585

2209

18.8

13.0–25.4

1908.651

98.795

0.000

 Goat

19

26,842

864

13.2

6.3–21.9

2949.349

99.390

0.000

 Camel

2

1191

618

47.7

20.4–75.7

83.501

98.802

0.000

 Pig

1

251

25

9.96

6.55–14.35

–

–

–

 Human

1

990

7

0.7

0.02–1.2

–

–

–

Echinococcosis

 Dog

7

152

49

33

20–48

17.24

65

0.001

Taeniasis

32

10,504

350

3

2–4

279.07

89

0.000

 Human

25

9462

319

3.0

2.1–4.0

159.229

84.927

0.000

 Cattle

1

257

1

0.4

0.01–2.15

–

–

–

 Sheep

2

347

9

3.0

0.00–17.5

23.472

95.740

0.000

 Goat

2

336

9

3.1

0.00–17.7

23.225

95.694

0.000

 Wolf

2

102

12

51.3

0.00–100

43.568

97.705

0.000

T. saginata (C. bovis)

 Cattle

53

111,084

6435

7

5–9

4458

99

0.000

T. hydatigena

30

10,561

3764

38

29–47

2622.37

99

0.000

 Sheep

15

5238

1816

38.9

25.6–53.0

1464.290

99.044

0.000

 Goat

15

5323

1948

36.1

24.6–48.4

1151.815

98.785

0.000

T. ovis

14

3753

443

14

9–20

328.44

96

0.000

 Sheep

7

1933

244

14.6

6.8–24.6

176.303

96.597

0.000

 Goat

7

1820

199

12.6

5.7–21.5

149.389

95.984

0.000

T. multiceps

7

2541

151

5

2–10

110.26

95

0.000

 Sheep

4

1373

84

5.9

1.5–12.5

53.149

94.356

0.000

 Goat

3

1168

67

4.8

0.00–12.4

56.501

96.460

0.000