TABLE 1.
Prevalence data of intestinal and muscular sarcocystosis in humans
| Reference and sarcocystosis category | Country location and study group | % prevalence value(s) (species; no. of samples examined) | Method(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intestinal | |||
| 17 | Poland | 10.4 (125) | Kato-Miur |
| 13 | France | 2.0 (S. hominis; 3,500); 0.7 (S. suihominis; 700) | Ether treatment followed by flotation |
| 18 | Germany, routine fecal samples from hospitals and clinics from patients with intestinal complaints | 2 (403) | Modified hematoxylin dye, Kato and sodium-nitrate flotation |
| 14 | Tibet in 3 counties | 20.5, 22.5, and 22.9 (S. hominis; 926); 0, 0.6, and 7.0 (S. suihominis; 926) | Zinc sulfate flotation |
| 19 | Laos | 7.9 (767) | Kato-Katz & merthiolate-iodine-formaldehyde concn |
| 12 | Central Slovakia, workers from Vietnam | 1.1 (1,228) | Fecal smear |
| 20 | Western Australia, Aboriginal communities | 0.5 (385) | Direct microscopy |
| 4 | Thailand, Thai laborers | 23.2 (362) | Formalin-ether concn |
| 21 | Argentina, children | 0 (69) | Modified Telemann and Fülleborn |
| 22 | Thailand, rural communities | 7.0 (1,603) | Kato thick smear & direct smear |
| 23 | Northeast Thailand, rural communities | 0.4 (253) | Formalin-ethyl acetate |
| Muscular | |||
| 24 | United States, California, autopsy samples | 0 (297) | Digestion of (sieved and centrifuged) pepsin followed by microscopic examination |
| 25 | Malaysia, blood samples from blood donors | 19.7 (243) | IFAT; 1:64 serum dilution considered positive |
| 26 | Yugoslavia, blood samples obtained from cases suspected to be infected with Toxoplasma gondii | 44.4 (341) | IFAT; 1:40 serum dilution |
| 27 | Denmark, autopsy samples | 3.6 (112) | Trichinoscopical examination of crus diaphragmatica |
| 28 | Australia, blood samples | 34 (50) | ELISA |
| 29 | Malaysia, autopsy samples | 21 (100) | Examination of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of tongue tissues |
| 30 | Australia, Sydney, autopsy samples | 0 (50) | Two methods: (i) examination of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections from the psoas and diaphragm and (ii) digestion of (sieved and centrifuged) pepsin followed by microscopic examination |
| 31 | Northern Ireland, autopsy samples | 0 (50) | Examination of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of tongue and diaphragm tissues |