ArticleParasites & vectors2015
Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa.
Article in Parasites & vectors, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06376396 (Assessment of Combined Antiparasitic Drugs Praziquantel and Albendazole Versus Albendazole Alone in the Treatment of Active Parenchymal Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania and Zambia), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessment of Combined Antiparasitic Drugs Praziquantel and Albendazole Versus Albendazole Alone in the Treatment of Active Parenchymal Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania and Zambia
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa.Parasites & vectors · 2018Pooled it
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- Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Co-infection of pigs with Taenia solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in Eastern and Western Uganda.Parasitology research · 2022Article
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- TSOL18 vaccine and oxfendazole for control of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs: A field trial in endemic areas of Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to map the distribution of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa. These two major neglected tropical diseases are presumed to be widely distributed in Africa, but currently the level of co-distribution is unclear.
methodsA literature search on T. solium taeniosis/cysticercosis was performed to compile all known studies on the presence of T. solium and apparent prevalence of taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis in Africa. Studies were geo-referenced using an online gazetteer. A Bayesian framework was used to combine the epidemiological data on the apparent prevalence with external information on test characteristics to estimate informed district-level prevalence of taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis. Districts with T. solium taeniosis/cysticercosis presence were cross-referenced with the Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Database for schistosomiasis presence.
resultsThe search strategies identified 141 reports of T. solium in Africa from 1985 to 2014 from a total of 476 districts in 29 countries, 20 with porcine cysticercosis, 22 with human cysticercosis, and 16 with taeniosis, in addition to 2 countries identified from OIE reports. All 31 countries were considered, on national scale, to have co-distribution with schistosomiasis. Presence of both parasites was confirmed in 124 districts in 17 countries. The informed prevalence of taeniosis and porcine cysticercosis were estimated for 14 and 41 districts in 10 and 13 countries, respectively.
conclusionsWith the paucity of data, T. solium infection is grossly under-reported and expected to be more widespread than this study suggests. In areas where co-distribution occurs there is a need for increased emphasis on evaluation of integrated intervention approaches for these two helminth infections and allocation of resources for evaluating the extent of adverse effects caused by mass drug administration.
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