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. 2017 Apr 13;13:100. doi: 10.1186/s12917-017-1012-9

Table 3.

Univariate meta-regression analysis of factors for the prevalence of trypanosome infection based on the field studies with dissection method used for diagnosis of trypanosome infection

Variables Prevalence Odds ratio
Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI p-value
Year of publication - - 0.998 0.996 0.999 0.035
Country
 Burkina Faso 40.5 28.1 53.0 Ref.
 Ivory Coast 18.6 13.7 23.6 0.82 0.69 0.97 0.021
 Nigeria 18.0 5.0 30.9 0.80 0.67 0.95 0.010
 Cameroon 10.9 2.9 18.8 0.74 0.62 0.89 0.002
 Uganda 10.0 3.0 17.0 0.74 0.62 0.88 0.001
 Zambia 8.6 3.1 14.1 0.73 0.61 0.86 <0.001
 Liberia 8.2 4.4 12.1 0.74 0.61 0.89 0.002
 Kenya 7.4 3.5 11.4 0.72 0.61 0.85 <0.001
 Tanzania 7.0 5.2 8.9 0.71 0.61 0.84 <0.001
 South Africa 6.8 0.2 20.5 0.71 0.58 0.88 0.002
 Gambia 6.0 5.2 6.8 0.71 0.59 0.85 <0.001
 Ethiopia 4.9 0.6 9.2 0.70 0.58 0.84 <0.001
 Rwanda 4.1 3.0 5.1 0.70 0.58 0.84 <0.001
Glossina sample type
 MS 30.8 7.6 53.9 Ref.
 Salivary gland 19.3 18.4 20.2 0.91 0.69 1.19 0.472
 MPS 11.2 8.5 14.0 0.84 0.72 0.98 0.023
 Proboscis 10.6 4.3 16.9 0.83 0.70 0.98 0.029
 Mid gut 6.5 4.6 8.3 0.83 0.70 0.98 0.027
 Mid gut and proboscis 6.5 5.0 8.0 0.80 0.68 0.94 0.007
Glossina species
G. nigrofusca 25.9 1.9 49.9 Ref.
G. pallicera 23.5 12.4 34.7 1.04 0.81 1.34 0.751
G. medicorum 20.0 4.8 44.8 0.96 0.66 1.39 0.811
G. tachinoides 17.7 8.5 26.9 0.93 0.78 1.12 0.454
G. morsitans 15.8 9.0 22.6 0.92 0.77 1.08 0.304
G. austeni 15.0 3.9 2.16 0.91 0.68 1.22 0.520
G. palpalis 10.5 6.4 14.6 0.87 0.74 1.03 0.107
G. mixed species 9.6 4.3 14.8 0.86 0.72 1.03 0.102
G. swynnertoni 9.2 3.0 15.4 0.86 0.71 1.03 0.101
G. pallidipes 8.3 5.8 10.8 0.85 0.72 1.00 0.052
G. brevipalpis 5.8 2.3 9.3 0.83 0.69 1.00 0.046
G. fuscipes 1.1 0.1 2.1 0.79 0.65 0.96 0.017
G. longipennis 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.78 0.63 0.98 0.031

MS Mid gut and salivary gland, MPS Mid gut, proboscis and salivary gland