Epidemiological survey of swine cysticercosis using ante-mortem and post-mortem examination tests in the southern highlands of Tanzania

Boa, M.E.; Mahundi, E.; Kassuku, A.A.; Willingham, Arve Lee; Kyvsgaard, N.C.

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.012

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“…Although most cases occurred in immigrants from Mexico, 33 (15%) USborn individuals also died from the disease. Human Taenia infections are also a growing problem in parts of Africa and Asia, where it is linked to an increase in pig-farming by small-holders (Boa et al 2006;Prakash et al 2007).…”

Section: Zoonotic Cestode Infections (A) Cysticercosismentioning

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Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases

Robinson

Dalton

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

148

109

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Zoonotic infections are among the most common on earth and are responsible for .60 per cent of all human infectious diseases. Some of the most important and well-known human zoonoses are caused by worm or helminth parasites, including species of nematodes (trichinellosis), cestodes (cysticercosis, echinococcosis) and trematodes (schistosomiasis). However, along with social, epidemiological and environmental changes, together with improvements in our ability to diagnose helminth infections, several neglected parasite species are now fast-becoming recognized as important zoonotic diseases of humans, e.g. anasakiasis, several fish-borne trematodiasis and fasciolosis. In the present review, we discuss the current disease status of these primary helminth zoonotic infections with particular emphasis on their diagnosis and control. Advances in molecular biology, proteomics and the release of helminth genome-sequencing project data are revolutionizing parasitology research. The use of these powerful experimental approaches, and their potential benefits to helminth biology are also discussed in relation to the future control of helminth infections of animals and humans.

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Section: Zoonotic Cestode Infections (A) Cysticercosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases

Robinson

Dalton

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

148

109

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“…In urban communities, pork is a delicacy that goes together with alcohol consumption [20]. The free range system of keeping pigs, lack and or improper use of latrines, clandestine slaughtering and marketing of pork, absence of pork inspection and barbecuing [21][22][23], further increase the risk of human cysticercosis infection in Tanzania populations'. With the reported high risks of human cysticercosis, studies mainly have been reporting porcine cysticercosis [1,6,21,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The free range system of keeping pigs, lack and or improper use of latrines, clandestine slaughtering and marketing of pork, absence of pork inspection and barbecuing [21][22][23], further increase the risk of human cysticercosis infection in Tanzania populations'. With the reported high risks of human cysticercosis, studies mainly have been reporting porcine cysticercosis [1,6,21,24]. The few studies that report cysticercosis infections in human are based on neuro cysticercosis particularly to people with epilepsy [2,25].…”

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The Serological Survey for Human Cysticercosis Prevalence in Mbulu District, Tanzania

Mwang'onde¹,

Nkwengulila²,

Chacha³

2012

AID

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Human cysticercosis, a zoonotic disease due to Taeniasolium, is of the highly debilitating and stigmatizing neglected tropical diseases due to epilepsy, ophthalmia and dermatological disorders in endemic developing countries. Tanzania is among the sub-Saharan African countries with an average prevalence of porcine cysticercosis 17.2% [1], which increases the risk of human cysticercosis infection. Studies on people with epilepsy in northern zone of Tanzania show a 16.2% [2] to be suffering from neurocysticercosis. While this was the case, there were no single report on the prevalence of human cysticercosis neither to regular hospital visitors, admissions, and nor general public that result to insufficient deployment of intervention strategies. Study was performed to assess the prevalence of human cysticercosis in general public in Mbulu district. The cephalic venous blood was collected from assorted community members. Serum was extracted and then subjected to Cysticercus IgG Western Blot Assay for human cysticercosis sero-screening. It was found that about 16.3% of the community members had antibodies signifying infection by human cysticercosis. This is the first ever study to assess the prevalence of human cysticercosis in the country and it has revealed the problem to be very high. This study can be valuable for deployment of appropriate intervention measures on human cysticercosis in the study area and extend to the entire country.

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“…In Tanzania several abattoir surveys have been conducted to establish the existence of porcine Cysticercosis in slaughter pigs [6,[82][83][84][85]. Prevalence rates as high as 24.4% [83] have been reported in slaughter pigs.…”

Section: Taenia Solium Cysticercosismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prevalence rates as high as 24.4% [83] have been reported in slaughter pigs. The detection of the parasites in live animals has also been attempted [83,[85][86][87][88] revealing high prevalence of the disease in rural communities where traditional pig husbandry is practiced. Studies in slaughter and live animals in other countries in the East and central African region have also found the disease to be prevalent in the traditional pig husbandry [89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96].…”

Section: Taenia Solium Cysticercosismentioning

confidence: 99%

A Literature Survey of Common Parasitic Zoonoses Encountered at Post-Mortem Examination in Slaughter Stocks in Tanzania: Economic and Public Health Implications

Komba¹

2017

BJSTR

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Epidemiological survey of swine cysticercosis using ante-mortem and post-mortem examination tests in the southern highlands of Tanzania

Cited by 40 publications

References 13 publications

Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases

Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases

The Serological Survey for Human Cysticercosis Prevalence in Mbulu District, Tanzania

A Literature Survey of Common Parasitic Zoonoses Encountered at Post-Mortem Examination in Slaughter Stocks in Tanzania: Economic and Public Health Implications

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