Table 5.
Summary of data extracted from primary literature surveillance for Echinococcus multilocularis on environmental samples (2008–2018).
| Authors, year (language) |
Host/source | Study location | Study design | Sampling method | Sample size | Prevalence % |
Detection method(s) | Case definition | Seq/submissiona |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Szostakowska et al. 2014 (English) |
Soil from kitchen gardens, farmyards, arable fields, forests, and areas near fox dens/lairs | Varmia-Masuria Province, Poland | Cross-sectional | Purposive | 62 | 11.3 | (i) ZnCl2 flotation (ii) Nested PCR (12S) (iii) Sequencing |
PCR +ve | Sequenced and submitted |
| Lass et al. 2015 (English) |
Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms from forests, kitchen gardens and plantations | Varmia-Masuria Province, Poland | Cross-sectional | Convenience | 103 | 23.3 | (i) ZnCl2 flotation/sieving (ii) Nested PCR (12S) (iii) Sequencing |
PCR +ve | Sequenced and submitted |
| Lass et al. 2017 (English) |
Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms from forests, kitchen gardens and plantations | Pomerania Province, Poland | Cross-sectional | Convenience | 104 | 6.73 | (i) ZnCl2 flotation/sieving (ii) Nested PCR (12S) (iii) Sequencing |
PCR +ve | Sequenced and submitted |
NR - not reported.
a
E. multilocularis PCR products sequenced and submitted to GenBank.