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Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, June 2015
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Title
Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13071-015-0938-7
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Uffe Christian Braae, Christopher F. L. Saarnak, Samson Mukaratirwa, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Pascal Magnussen, Maria Vang Johansen

Abstract

This 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. A 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. The 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. With 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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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 <1%
Ecuador 1 <1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 146 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 17%
Researcher 18 12%
Student > Bachelor 18 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 8%
Student > Postgraduate 11 7%
Other 32 21%
Unknown 34 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 21%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 29 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Other 20 13%
Unknown 37 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 June 2022.
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#2,077,912
of 23,006,268 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#365
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#27,989
of 265,341 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#6
of 121 outputs
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