Identification of risk areas and practices for Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bovine cysticercosis (BCC) is an infection of cattle with the metacestode stage of Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm, which causes taeniosis in humans. BCC is responsible for considerable economic losses in the meat sector worldwide. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarizes the prevalence, risk factors and treatment efforts made so far on T. saginata infections in Ethiopia, providing a detailed analysis of different factors influencing the varying prevalence estimates in Ethiopia to gain more insight into the occurrence and risk factors of T. saginata taeniosis and cysticercosis to date.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted on data collected from published and grey literature accessed through an electronic database and manual sea

SUBMITTER: Jorga E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391523 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature