Table 2.
Reported occurrence of taeniosis in southern and eastern Africa: coproAg-ELISA studies
| Country | Study period | People tested | People positive | Prevalence (%) 95% CI |
Species identification | Group studied | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1/2007-4/2007 | 204 | 12 | 5.9 (3.1–10.0) | Ya | District inhabitants | [78] |
| Kenya | 8/2010-7/2012 | 2113 | na | 19.7 (16.7–22.7) | N | Mixed-farming community | [26] |
| Kenya | na | 691 | na | 1.9 (na) | N | Slaughterhouse workers | [79] |
| Zambia | 2006 | 190 | 5 | 2.6 (0.9–6.0) | Ya | Pupils primary schools | [78] |
| Zambia | 8/2009;10/2010 | 817 | 1 | 0.12 (0.003–0.68) | Yb | Consenting villagers | [25] |
aResults based on coproAg-ELISA, specific for T. saginata
bResults based on coproAg-ELISA with coproPCR (T. saginata specific) confirmation
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; na, not available