Table 2.
Presence of Taenia solium cysticercosis recorded in African countries from 1985 to 2014. Taenia solium taeniosis was not confirmed unless otherwise stated
| Country | Porcine cysticercosis | Taeniosis | Human cysticercosis | No of References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | [57] | 1 | ||
| Benin | [58] | [59–61] | 4 | |
| Burkina Faso | [62] | [63–69] | 8 | |
| Burundi | [70] | [70] | [41, 70–73] | 5 |
| Cameroon | [74–78] | [79, 80]a | [79, 81–87] | 7 |
| Central African Republic | [88] | 1 | ||
| Chad | [78] | 1 | ||
| Côte d’Ivoire | [24] | 1 | ||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | [89, 90] | [38] | [38] | 3 |
| Egypt | [91] | 1 | ||
| Gabon | [92] | 1 | ||
| Gambia | [93] | 1 | ||
| Ghana | [94] | [95] | 2 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | [96, 97] | 2 | ||
| Kenya | [30, 98–100] | [95, 101] | 6 | |
| Madagascar | [102–104] | [105] | [106–111] | 10 |
| Malawi | [18, 112] | 2 | ||
| Mali | [113] | 1 | ||
| Mozambique | [51, 114, 115] | [116]a | [116–118] | 6 |
| Namibia | [25] | 1 | ||
| Nigeria | [119–123] | [120, 123–127] | [40, 128, 129] | 12 |
| Rwanda | [130] | 1 | ||
| Senegal | [93] | [131, 132] | [132] | 3 |
| South Africa | [55] | [133, 134] | [95, 133, 135–140] | 10 |
| Tanzania | [28, 29, 31, 141–150] | [39, 151]a | [39, 95, 152–156] | 21 |
| Togo | [157] | [157] | [158–161] | 5 |
| Uganda | [162–167] | [168] | [95, 169] | 9 |
| Zambia | [4, 52, 170–172] | [36, 173–175] | [36, 42, 173, 174, 176, 177] | 12 |
| Zimbabwe | [178] | [179, 180] | 3 |
a Confirmed Taenia solium taeniosis cases