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SynthesisScientific reports2023

Prevalence of African animal trypanosomiasis among livestock and domestic animals in Uganda: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis from 1980 to 2022.

Karla Rascón-García, Beatriz Martínez-López, Giuliano Cecchi, Caterina Scoglio, Enock Matovu, Dennis Muhanguzi

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Karla Rascón-GarcíaDepartment of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance (CADMS), University of California, Davis, USA. rascongarcia@ucdavis.edu.
Beatriz Martínez-LópezDepartment of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance (CADMS), University of California, Davis, USA.
Giuliano CecchiAnimal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Caterina ScoglioDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
Enock MatovuDepartment of Biotechnical & Diagnostic Sciences (BDS), College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Dennis MuhanguziDepartment of Bio-Molecular Resources and Bio-Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Makerere University · UGUniversity of California, Davis · USFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · ITKansas State University · US

Funding

University of California Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training ProgramD43TW009343 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CRAIG R COHEN, Sung-Jae Lee · 2017 to 2026
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FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009343NIH HHS D43TW009343
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) is one of the major constraints to animal health and production in sub-Saharan Africa. To inform AAT control in Uganda and help advance along the progressive control pathway (PCP), we characterized AAT prevalence among eight host species in Uganda and explored factors that influence the prevalence variation between studies. We retrieved AAT prevalence publications (n = 2232) for Uganda (1980-2022) from five life sciences databases, focusing on studies specifying AAT detection methods, sample size, and the number of trypanosome-positive animals. Following PRISMA guidelines, we included 56 publications, and evaluated publication bias by the Luis Furuya-Kanamori (LFK) index. National AAT prevalence under DNA diagnostic methods for cattle, sheep and goats was 22.15%, 8.51% and 13.88%, respectively. Under DNA diagnostic methods, T. vivax was the most common Trypanosoma sp. in cattle (6.15%, 95% CI: 2.91-10.45) while T. brucei was most common among small ruminants (goats: 8.78%, 95% CI: 1.90-19.88, and sheep: 8.23%, 95% CI: 4.74-12.50, respectively). Northern and Eastern regions accounted for the highest AAT prevalence. Despite the limitations of this study (i.e., quality of reviewed studies, underrepresentation of districts/regions), we provide insights that could be used for better control of AAT in Uganda and identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to support the progressive control of AAT at country level and other regional endemic countries with similar AAT eco-epidemiology.

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TrypanosomaTrypanosomiasis, AfricanTsetse FliesAnimalsAnimals, DomesticCattleDNAGoatsLivestockPrevalenceRuminantsSheepUgandaDNA

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PMID37990067
PMCPMC10663568
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