The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Search Results
2.2. Descriptive Summary of the Studies Included
2.3. Prevalence of T. multiceps
2.4. Determinants of Prevalence of T. multiceps
3. Discussion
Limitation of the Study
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Design and Review Protocol
4.2. Search Strategy and Study Selection
4.3. Data Extraction and Synthesis
4.4. Data Analysis Methods
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Country | Study Settings | Diagnostic Test | Sheep n/N (%) | Goats n/N (%) | Comments | Citation |
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Ethiopia | Abattoir | PM | 21/445 (4.7%) | - | N/A | [22] |
Ethiopia | Abattoir | PM | 23/111 (20.7%) | 29/301 (9.6%) | N/A | [27] |
Ethiopia | Abattoir | PM | 19/384 (4.9%) | 45/384 (11.7%) | N/A | [28] |
Egypt | Abattoir | PM, PCR | 3/80 (3.7%) | - | N/A | [29] |
Mozambique | Abattoir | PM | - | 12/142 (8.4%) | N/A | [30] |
Egypt | Abattoir | PM | 15/45 (33.3%) | 10/30 (33.3%) | N/A | [19] |
Tanzania | Abattoir | PM | 41/90 (45.6%) | 39/90 (43.3%) | N/A | [20] |
Egypt * | Community | PM | 26/747 (3.5%) | - | Of the neurological cases examined, 26/43 sheep were confirmed as T. multiceps | [31] |
Egypt | Community | PM, PCR | 111/420 (26.4%) | - | N/A | [32] |
Tanzania * | Community | PM, PCR | 1407/5962 (23.6%) | 1218/4722 (25.8%) | Of the neurological cases examined, 16/20 sheep and 16/19 goats were confirmed as T. multiceps | [26] |
Egypt | Community | PM | 11/60 (18.3%) | - | N/A | [33] |
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Kibona, T.; Buza, J.; Shirima, G.; Lankester, F.; Ngongolo, K.; Hughes, E.; Cleaveland, S.; Allan, K.J. The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review. Parasitologia 2022, 2, 137-146. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia2020013
Kibona T, Buza J, Shirima G, Lankester F, Ngongolo K, Hughes E, Cleaveland S, Allan KJ. The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review. Parasitologia. 2022; 2(2):137-146. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia2020013
Chicago/Turabian StyleKibona, Tito, Joram Buza, Gabriel Shirima, Felix Lankester, Kelvin Ngongolo, Ellen Hughes, Sarah Cleaveland, and Kathryn J. Allan. 2022. "The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review" Parasitologia 2, no. 2: 137-146. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia2020013
APA StyleKibona, T., Buza, J., Shirima, G., Lankester, F., Ngongolo, K., Hughes, E., Cleaveland, S., & Allan, K. J. (2022). The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review. Parasitologia, 2(2), 137-146. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia2020013